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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
| Notifiable Diseases. | No. of CASES of Infective Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | 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 | 365 | 299 | 66 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 31 | 135 | 56 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 644 | 501 | 143 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 47 | 59 | 246 | 104 | 50 | 66 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 28 | 5 | 23 | - | - | - | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | - | 20 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | — | - |
| Erysipelas | 127 | 10 | 117 | 2 | — | — | - | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 53 | 33 |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 46 | 5 | 41 | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 5 | 20 | 9 |
| Acute Primary | 275 | 98 | 177 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 62 | 45 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | 4 | — | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 12 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 27 | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | - |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 569 | 56 | 513 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 52 | 260 | 77 | 113 | 11 |
| Total | 2139 | 1014 | 1125 | 50 | 48 | 74 | 101 | 105 | 431 | 205 | 151 | 441 | 163 | 267 | 103 |