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Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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20 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.
TABLE VIII.
| 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 | 90 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 83 | 112 | 386 | 382 | 20 |
| Scarlet Fever | 84 | 84 | 68 | 146 | 109 | 147 | 638 | 572 | 5 |
| Enteric and Para-typhoid Fevers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 12 | 11 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | — | 9 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 33 | — |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 59 | 132 | 80 | — |
| Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal | 19 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 121 | — | 21 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Primary | 56 | 33 | 41 | 46 | 45 | 143 | 364 | — | 59 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — |
| Dysentery | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | — | 3 | 32 | 14 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | — | — |
| Total | 298 | 175 | 194 | 291 | 276 | 526 | 1760 | 1119 | 115 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 99 | 67 | 82 | 114 | 89 | 148 | 599 | 225 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 108 | 70 | 82 | 117 | 91 | 155 | 623 | 9 | 226 |
| Grand Total | 406 | 245 | 276 | 408 | 367 | 681 | 2383 | 1128 | 341 |