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Wandsworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
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The total number of cases, less Tuberculosis and Ophthalmia
Neonatorum, was 3,125, compared with 2,792 in 1923 and 4,018
in 1922. The increase, compared with 1923, is largely due to
the number of cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever having risen
from 953 to 1,259. In 1922 there were 2,095 cases of these two
diseases.
Small-pox.
No case of this disease occurred during the year.
Vaccination.
No vaccination or re-vaccination was performed under the
Public Health (Small-pox) Regulations during the year.
Table XII. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1923.
It shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the
whole Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts, Streatham
Balham and Tooting being included under the heading of
Streatham.
TABLE XII.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1923. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 830 | 495 | — | 40 | 206 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 38 | |
| Putney | 389 | 276 | 2 | — | 12 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
| Streatham | 2629 | 1422 | 6 | — | 101 | 667 | 28 | 165 | 99 | 141 |
| Wandsworth . . | 1383 | 908 | 6 | — | 56 | 348 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 |
| Totals | 5231 | 3101 | 14 | — | 209 | 1284 | 44 | 179 | 182 | 218 |