London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham | 'looting. | Wandsworth | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 1104 | 10 | 220 | 673 | 115 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 225 | 60 | 136 | 296 | 925 | |
| Erysipelas | 173 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 57 | 60 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 39 | 19 | 68 | 28 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1463 | 2 | 204 | 1025 | 160 | 65 | 7 | ... | 286 | 136 | 391 | 240 | 410 | 1255 |
| Enteric Fever | 24 | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 6 | ... | 9 | ... | 5 | 14 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 36 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 26 | 1 | ... | 9 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 | |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 15 | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 60 | 60 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 28 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 634 | 38 | 162 | 297 | 122 | 10 | 104 | 52 | 180 | 97 | 201 | ... | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 156 | 6 | 22 | 62 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 36 | 24 | 68 | ... | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1343 | 130 | 722 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ... | 235 | 355 | 276 | 443 | 4 | ||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 18 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 97 | ... | 11 | 12 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 18 | ... | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 408 | 41 | 74 | 59 | 33 | 77 | 81 | 43 | 65 | 96 | 45 | 169 | ... | |
| Malaria | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | 52 | 3 | ... | 7 | 14 | 18 | ... | |||
| Dysentery | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ||||
| Trench Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Totals | 5610 | 258 | 1006 | 571 | 735 | 339 | 85 | 1040 | 361 | 1573 | ||||