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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE X.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of CASES of Infectious Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15 and upwards | Under 1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Small-pox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ | – | __ | _ | |||||
| Diphtheria | 412 | 293 | 119 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 118 | 61 | 40 | 63 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 847 | 722 | 125 | 7 | 26 | 47 | 65 | 90 | 344 | 143 | 53 | 55 | 14 | 3 | — |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | |||||||||||||||
| Fever | 14 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 24 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 111 | 14 | 97 | 3 | 2 | 2 | —• | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 1108 | 1094 | 14 | 109 | 142 | 120 | 174 | 216 | 310 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Pneumonia :— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Influenzal | 32 | 8 | 24 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | -—- | 2 | — | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Acute Primary | 514 | 224 | 290 | 41 | 49 | 30 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 17 | 24 | 75 | 45 | 107 | 39 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 16 | 16 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 32 | 7 | 25 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Malaria | 9 | —- | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trench Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 3125 | 2388 | 737 | 173 | 235 | 233 | 293 | 372 | 827 | 255 | 133 | 250 | 104 | 194 | 56 |
Infective Diseases. 13