Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V
Total Cases of Infective Diseases Occurring in Each Ward | Whole Borough | Deaths | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Notifiable Diseases | Putney | Central | Clapham | Streatham | ||||||||||||||||||
Putney | Thamesfield | Fairfield | West Hill | Southfield | Earlsfield | Springfield | Tooting | Graveney | Bedford | Larkhall | Clapham Norm | Clapham Park | Thornton | Balham | Streatham Hill | St. Leonard: | Streatham Common | Streatham South | Furzedowr | |||
Small—pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diptheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 26 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 3/ | 64 | 63 | 12 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 565 | 1 |
Measles | 148 | 200 | 54 | 98 | 87 | 103 | 85 | 8/ | 43 | 58 | 87 | 132 | 100 | 95 | 55 | 64 | 35 | 40 | 33 | 116 | 1720 | — |
Whooping Cough | 22 | 64 | 68 | 31 | 94 | 93 | 25 | 60 | 84 | 40 | 64 | 58 | 48 | 30 | 28 | 51 | 29 | 66 | 4 1 | 91 | 1087 | 3 |
Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | — | 2 | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dysentery | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 22 | 39 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 81 | — | |
Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 69 | — |
Scabies | — | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 47 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | 4 |
Acute Polio—myelitis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 7 |
Acute Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Acute Influenzal | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 197 | 10 | |
Acute Primary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All forms | 32 | 33 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 43 | 22 | 39 | 41 | 39 | 30 | 55 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 34 | 671 | 146 |
Food Poisoning | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | — | 22 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 8 | — | — | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 116 | — |
Total | 241 | 334 | 208 | 189 | 252 | 333 | 234 | 310 | 302 | 200 | 245 | 278 | 218 | 221 | 167 | 192 | 116 | 186 | 136 | 275 | 4637 | 171 |