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Wandsworth 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 5
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute meningitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 60 |
| Food poisoning | — | 1 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 59 |
| Infective jaundice | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 25 |
| Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leptospirosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Measles | 10 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 22 | 38 | 32 | 31 | 36 | 48 | 10 | 82 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 39 | 559 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | __ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | 1 | 3 | — | 35 | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 97 | |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | — | — | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | l | 5 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 68 |
| Yellow fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 13 | 11 | 36 | 86 | 47 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 62 | 57 | 34 | 99 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 47 | 34 | 55 | 919 |