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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE VIII.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of CASES of Infective 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 | 388 | 335 | 5 3 | 2 | 13 | 34 | 41 | 33 | 161 | 51 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 721 | 566 | 155 | 1 | 22 | 34 | 51 | 57 | 272 | 129 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 11 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | —_ |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 18 | 5 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 125 | 23 | 102 | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 25 | |
| Pneumonia:— Acute Influenzal | 34 | 5 | 29 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| Acute Primary | 285 | 83 | 202 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 56 | 30 | C5 | 41 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 13 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Malaria | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 9 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 96 | 5 | 91 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 36 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 26 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | —- | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 658 | 84 | 574 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 36 | 74 | 282 | 162 | 96 | 20 |
| Total | 2410 | 1147 | 1263 | 45 | 51 | 81 | 105 | 100 | 514 | 251 | 190 | 553 | 180 | 244 | 96 |
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