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Wandsworth 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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58 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of cases of certain infectious diseases notified
for the year and for the previous 10 years is shown on the following
Table, as also the number above or below the corrected
average.

Table: TABLE XXXVI.

TABLE XXXVI.

1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.!1915.1916.1917.I9l8.1919.1920.1920.
No. above decennial average.No. below decennial average.
Scarlet Fever687869833971141713096905665638931463644...
Diphtheria284510431430552723531 4354875251104599...
Enteric Fever54637352485046 47381824...27
Puerperal Fever202427323011201416283613...
Erysipelas18220220720423419515710395143173...18
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis55393472826211315...1.8
Polio-Myelitis...551331075311......7
Ophthalmia Neonatorum...3435375144322935546019...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis289514855783706646590622777788634...56
Other Forms of Tuberculosis.........328199234 216193218163156...76

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Compared with 1919 there has been an increase in the number
of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever, puerperal
fever, erysipelas, cerebro-spinal meningitis, and ophthalmia
neonatorum, and a decrease of polio-myelitis, pulmonary tuberculosis,
and other forms of tuberculosis.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has
been an increase in the number of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria,
puerperal fever, and ophthalmia neonatorum, and a decrease
of enteric fever, erysipelas, cerebro-spinal meningitis,
polio-myelitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, and other forms of tuberculosis.