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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
Wimbledon 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table showing the Ward Distribution of Infectious cases notified in 1923, and the numbers removed to hospital.
| Notifiable Disease. | All Ages. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality (e g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon Park Ward | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | Haydon Park Ward. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 88 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 73 |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 94 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 74 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | - | — | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 55 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | — | - | 8 | 4 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| totals | 265 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 77 | 40 | 35 | 152 |
In one house there were six cases, in one house five cases, in
one house four cases, in one house three cases, and in eight
houses two cases, and in the remaining sixty houses, one
case.
74 or 69 per cent, of the cases were treated in the Borough
Isolation Hospital, Gap Road.
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| Attack-Rate. | Death-Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-1895 | 4.8 | .02 | per thousand of the population. |
| 1896-1900 | 3.3 | .04 | |
| 1901-1905 | 2.3 | .02 | |
| 1906-1910 | 4.07 | .05 | |
| 1911-1915 | 3.03 | .01 | |
| 1916-1920 | 1.8 | .01 | |
In Table A. the deaths, from pneumonia are in excess of the
notifications received, and it would appear as if all cases were
not notified. The explanation probably lies in the fact that
the deaths include all forms of pneumonia, whereas notifications
are confined to Acute Primary Pneumonias and Acute Influenzal
Pneumonias.