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Wandsworth 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1935.
TABLE IX.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total CASES of Infective Diseases occurring in each Locality. | Total Cases occurring. | Number admitted into Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 70 | 37 | 54 | 51 | 54 | 122 | 388 | 385 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 167 | 61 | 96 | 110 | 106 | 181 | 721 | 623 | 5 |
| Enteric and Para-typhoid Fevers | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 17 | — |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 46 | 125 | 32 | 7 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 34 | — | 6 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Primary | 59 | 22 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 100 | 285 | — | 44 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | — | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Dysentery | _ | 3 | — | — | 6 | — | 9 | 2 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 72 | 96 | — | — | |
| Total | 335 | 150 | 208 | 242 | 239 | 552 | 1726 | 1093 | 86 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 118 | 70 | 89 | 120 | 112 | 149 | 658 | 249 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 12 | — |
| Total | 124 | 73 | 96 | 123 | 114 | 154 | 684 | 12 | 249 |
| Grand Total | 459 | 223 | 304 | 365 | 353 | 706 | 2410 | 1105 | 335 |