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Wandsworth 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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18
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The number of deaths from notifiable infectious diseases,
including all forms of Tuberculosis, was 329, compared with 335
in 1935. There were also 80 deaths from non-notifiable diseases of
an infective nature, viz.:— 24 from Measles, 12 from Whooping
Cough and 44 from Influenza.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 1.17 per
1,000—1.40 in Clapham, 1.21 in Putney, 1.24 in Balham, .81
in Streatham, 1.21 in Tooting, and 1.22 in Wandsworth.
The rate in 1931 was 1.44; in 1932, 1.62; in 1933, 1.75; in
1934, 1.35; and in 1935, 1 14 per 1,000.
Table VII. shows the number of cases of the notifiable
infective diseases reported, arranged in various age groups and
Table VIII. shows the same figures arranged in the sub-districts
in which they occurred.