London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1949

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

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Infective Diseases 17

Table: TABLE VIII.Measles, Whooping Cough, Tuberculosis, where notification was intermittent.

TABLE VIII.

Measles, Whooping Cough, Tuberculosis, where notification was intermittent.

YearPopulationMeaslesWhooping CoughTuberculosis fully notifiable since 1912
CasesDeathsCase-rateDeath-rateCasesDeathsCase-rateDeath-rateCasesDeathsCase-rateDeath-rate
19011901/10 (10 years)232,034 census1516479455829511968818825—3608—133
19111911/20 (10 years)311,402 census2454583676826706443522113.668893863215121
19211921/30 (10 years)328,656 census199772985868.7148112934348.66377325818795.5
19311931/38 (8 years) 1938353,101census340,100169291196104.381161222934.44933211517776.2
1939/44Evacuation of children.
1945/49 (5 years)315,3341134697190.53344272121.7328392820859