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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases. 13
TABLE IX.
| 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 | 25 | 23 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 18 | - | 9 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia :— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| Acute Primary | 62 | 14 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 19 | 16 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Trench Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 155 | 61 | 94 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 28 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 51 | 50 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 34 | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| Diarrhoea | 36 | 34 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Other (if any) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 121 | 84 | 37 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| Grand Total | 276 | 145 | 131 | 62 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 49 |