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Wandsworth 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN WARDS | TOTALS | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUTNEY | WANDSWORTH | BATTERSEA | |||||||||||||||||||
| Roehampton | Putney | Thamesfield | West Hill | Southfield | Fairfield | Earlsfield | Springfield | Tooting | Graveney | Bedford | Furzedown | Northcote | Balham | i Nightingale | St. John | Latchmere | St. Mary's Park | Shaftesbury | Queenstown | ||
| Acute encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _— |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 120 |
| Food poisoning | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 46 | |
| Infective jaundice | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | _ | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 54 |
| Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leptospirosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | •— | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 13 | 19 | 24 | 89 | 116 | 165 | 176 | 117 | 123 | 71 | 76 | 68 | 43 | 81 | 18 | 70 | 53 | 91 | 74 | 75 | 1562 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 4 | 2 | 70 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 94 |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | __ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 45 |
| Yellow fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 35 | 40 | 40 | 142 | 144 | 190 | 190 | 141 | 177 | 95 | 106 | 76 | 57 | 105 | 23 | 81 | 74 | 103 | 99 | 95 | 2,013 |