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Wandsworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE X.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of DEATHS from Infectious Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15 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 | 27 | 26 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fever | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 37 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 19 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Acute Primary | 52 | 9 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 11 | 2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 180 | 86 | 94 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 21 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 111 | 8 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 55 |
| Diarrhoea | 34 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Other (if any) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 146 | 35 | 111 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 61 |
| Grand Total | 326 | 121 | 205 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 72 | 82 |