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Wandsworth 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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16 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1955
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 | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 8 | 11 | 83 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 284 | - |
| Measles | 315 | 171 | 315 | 351 | 245 | 361 | 300 | 423 | 286 | 736 | 343 | 778 | 734 | 746 | 185 | 185 | 164 | 188 | 195 | 715 | 5,206 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 25 | 28 | 56 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 61 | 34 | 19 | 45 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 547 | - |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Dysentery | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 89 | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 7. | - | 4 | 52 | - |
| Scabies | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 5 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 101 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 7 | - | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 49 | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:-- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Influenzal | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 34 | ? | 7 | ? | 5 | 14 | ? | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 121 | 16 |
| Acute Primary | 11 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 200 | 41 |
| Tuberculosis-All forms | 92 | 15 | 35 | 56 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 644 | 53 |
| Food Poisoning | 19 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 412 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 623 | - |
| Total | 530 | 236 | 459 | 610 | 325 | 564 | 406 | 1,011 | 401 | 350 | 442 | 320 | 349 | 342 | 312 | 250 | 242 | 262 | 258 | 300 | 7,969 | 113 |