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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE XI.
| 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 | 695 | 563 | 132 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 42 | 52 | 267 | 147 | 40 | 78 | 9 | 5 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 801 | 662 | 139 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 53 | 70 | 345 | 143 | 69 | 57 | 9 | 4 | — | |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fever | 52 | 16 | 36 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 8 | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 118 | 14 | 104 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 25 | |
| Whooping Cough | 2089 | 2056 | 33 | 165 | 196 | 215 | 242 | 340 | 846 | 52 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pneumonia:— | — | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 84 | 12 | 72 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 11 | |
| Acute Primary | 357 | 150 | 207 | 34 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 44 | 34 | 77 | 34 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 19 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| Malaria | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4240 | 3485 | 755 | 220 | 252 | 308 | 353 | 479 | 1502 | 381 | 162 | 249 | 109 | 159 | 76 | ||