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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table showing the death-rate from Zymotic Diseases, including Tuberculous Diseases, for the last ten years.
| YEAR. | Zymotic Death-rate. | Death - Rate From | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | "Fever." | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis and other Tuberculosis Diseases. | ||
| 1919 | .26 | - | .01 | .13 | - | - | .03 | .08 | .8 |
| 1920 | .46 | - | .03 | .19 | - | .03 | .09 | .11 | .72 |
| 1921 | .63 | - | ..01 | .22 | .01 | .06 | - | .3 | .79 |
| 1922 | 1.06 | . - | .00 | .1 | - | .08 | 00 | .05 | .76 |
| 1923 | 1.00 | - | .05 | 08 | - | .06 | .06 | .08 | .63 |
| 1924 | 1.01 | - | .06 | .01 | .01 | 05 | .15 | .05 | .75 |
| 1925 | 101 | - | .03 | .01 | - | .1 | - | .08 | .77 |
| 1926 | .706 | - | - | - | - | - | .103 | - | .6 |
| 1927 | .94 | - | .01 | .03 | - | .05 | - | .03 | .8 |
| 1928 | 1.10 | - | - | .1 | - | 08 | .11 | 03 | .7 |
The figures given in this Table are those obtained after
correction by exclusion of "Non-Residents" and the inclusion
of "Residents" beyond the district.
Table showing the Ward Distribution of Infectious cases notified in 1928, 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. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Ward. | Wimbledon Park Ward | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | Hay don Park Ward. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 170 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 70 | 35 | 26 | 162 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 126 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 104 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 65 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 14 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 32 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Anterio Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Para-Typhoid | 6 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Totals | 455 | 33 | 33 | 21 | 35 | 52 | 138 | 81 | 62 | 314 |