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Wandsworth 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE V.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total Cases of Infective Diseases Occurring in Each Ward. | Whole Borough | Deaths | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putney | Central | Clapham | Streatham | |||||||||||||||||||
| Putney | Thamesfield | Fairfield | West Hill | Southfield | Earlsfield | Springfield | Tooting | Graveney | Bedford | Larkhall | Clapham North | Clapham Park | Thornton | Balham | Streatham Hill | St. Leonards | Streatham Common | Streatham South | Furzedown | |||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 19 | 51 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 402 | — |
| Measles | 119 | 94 | 276 | 139 | 162 | 258 | 189 | 412 | 280 | 283 | 227 | 161 | 190 | 207 | 189 | 213 | 226 | 239 | 157 | 278 | 4299 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 42 | 67 | 63 | 102 | 84 | 77 | 48 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 37 | 42 | 38 | 61 | 23 | 40 | 984 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | — | 5 | 117 | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 67 | — |
| Scabies | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 35 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 99 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | — |
| Acute Encephalitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia:— Acute Influenzal | 12 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 123 | 32 |
| Acute Primary | 2 | — | 11 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 187 | 27 |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 30 | 38 | 37 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 24 | 50 | 39 | 48 | 27 | 52 | 39 | 43 | 48 | 37 | 37 | 22 | 20 | 33 | 716 | 107 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 48 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 148 | — |
| Total | 219 | 221 | 448 | 262 | 283 | 497 | 357 | 700 | 526 | 448 | 347 | 303 | 290 | 303 | 319 | 330 | 332 | 396 | 236 | 389 | 7206 | 173 |