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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 XIII.
| Diseases. | CASES reported 1920-1925. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Average for five years. | 1925 | |
| Small-pox | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1104 | 1009 | 838 | 374 | 412 | 747 | 695 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1463 | 1978 | 1257 | 579 | 847 | 1225 | 801 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fever | 24 | 32 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 52 |
| Puerperal Fever | 36 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 173 | 121 | 108 | 101 | 111 | 123 | 118 |
| Whooping Cough | 1343 | 1201 | 1056 | 1229 | 1108 | 1187 | 2089 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal | 97 | 79 | 180 | 39 | 32 | 85 | 84 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Primary | 408 | 374 | 466 | 389 | 514 | 430 | 357 |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Polio-myelitis | — | 7 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 18 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 16 | 19 |
| Malaria | 68 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Trench Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 60 | 54 | 42 | 36 | 31 | 45 | 29 |
| Measles | 2554 | 450 | 1842 | 663 | 3418 | 1785 | 474 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 634 | 490 | 398 | 463 | 531 | 503 | 509 |
| Tuberculosis—Other forms | 156 | 147 | 145 | 134 | 161 | 149 | 134 |