London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Wandsworth 1970
[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 | CENTRAL | BATTERSEA | |||||||||||||||||||
| Roehampton | Putney | Thamesfield | West Hill | Southfield | Fairfield | Earlsfield | Springfield | Tooting | Graveney | Bedford | Furzedown | Northcote | Balham | Nightingale | St. John | Latchmere | St. Mary's Park | Shaftesbury | Queenstown | ||
| Acute encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | 3 | 2 | 49 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | — | 1 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 163 |
| Food poinsoning | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 54 |
| Infective jaundice | — | — | 6 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 104 |
| Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leptospirosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mesles | 43 | 23 | 94 | 125 | 45 | 64 | 29 | 64 | 172 | 115 | 48 | 53 | 11 | 47 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 31 | 41 | 85 | 1,090 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 37 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 98 |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 7 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 223 |
| Yellow fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 58 | 30 | 132 | 233 | 112 | 118 | 96 | 125 | 147 | 150 | 72 | 64 | 32 | 65 | 16 | 53 | 47 | 56 | 61 | 112 | 1,779 |