London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Malaria
Three notifications were received, all of which were recurrent
cases contracted abroad.
Measles
Contrary to expectation—1971 being regarded in advance as a
measles year—a considerable drop occurred in the number of
measles cases notified, only 559 as against 1,090 in 1970. Measles
vaccination had undoubtedly produced this dramatic improvement.
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Three cases of ophthalmic infection in the newborn were reported
and investigated. All were found to be gonococcal in origin.
Poliomyelitis and smallpox
No cases of these two serious diseases were notified in Wandsworth
during the year.
Tuberculosis
The number of new cases notified during the year was 120, the
sources of information being as follows :—
Primary notifications 97
Un-notified at death 5
Transfers from other areas 18
The number of deaths certified as due to various forms of tuberculosis
was fourteen.
Particulars of the primary notifications and deaths during the year, classified by sex and age, are given in the following table :—
| Age Groups | Primary Notifications | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. |
| Under 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1- 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 10-14 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15-24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 25-44 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 45-64 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 47 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |