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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 XI.
| Disease. | Total CASES of Infectious Diseases occurring in each locality. | Total Cases occurring. | Number admitted into Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ |
| Diphtheria | 73 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 96 | 156 | 412 | 394 | 26 |
| Scarlet Fever | 195 | 49 | 104 | 62 | 165 | 272 | 847 | 775 | 7 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 14 | 6 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 28 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 111 | 27 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 109 | 66 | 172 | 74 | 98 | 589 | 1108 | 47 | 28 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 14 | 32 | — | 5 |
| Pneumonia.—Acute Primary | 95 | 33 | 67 | 34 | 57 | 228 | 514 | — | 86 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 18 | 13 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 9 | — | — |
| Dvsentery | —. | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 522 | 195 | 407 | 231 | 442 | 1328 | 3125 | 1303 | 184 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 132 6 | 82 1 | 102 10 | 62 5 | 84 8 | 230 1 | 692 31 | 10 | 294 |
| Total | 138 | 83 | 112 | 67 | 92 | 231 | 723 | 10 | 294 |
| Grand Total | 660 | 278 | 519 | 298 | 534 | 1559 | 3848 | 1313 | 478 |
14 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.