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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
There was no marked change in the incidence of the
notifiable infectious diseases as compared with the previous
year.
One hundred and twenty-six cases of scarlet fever were
notified. During 1931 the figure was seventy-five.
The notifications of diphtheria amounted to sixty-four
and were ten less than in 1931. There were no local outbreaks
of either of these diseases.
The number of cases of diphtheria notified has shown a
steady decline since 1928, when the figure was one hundred
and seventy.
There was no death in Wimbledon in 1931 from either
scarlet fever or diphtheria and in 1932 there was no death
from scarlet fever and only one from diphtheria. The deaths
from the non-notifiable infectious diseases for the past three
years were as follows:—
1930. 1931. 1932.
Measles 10 Nil 4
Whooping Cough 2 4 Nil
Diarrha;a (under 2 years) 2 5 4
Measles.—Measles was prevalent in epidemic form during
March, April, and May of 1932. Most of the schools suffered
severely, but Wimbledon Park, Effra Road, Cottenham Park,
Old Central, Pelham Road, and Haydon's Road schools were
chiefly affected.
Altogether, three hundred and thirty-one children were
notified by Head Teachers as absent from school on this
account. No figures are available for the children affected
below the age of compulsory school attendance.
Four deaths occurred. In three cases, the cause of
death was broncho-pneumonia. One of these children, aged
eighteen months, died in the Isolation Hospital. The second
child, also aged eighteen months, died in the Kingston and
District Hospital. The third child, aged three years, died at
home. The fourth death from Measles occurred in a child six
years of age who was suffering from diabetes complicated
by coma. This child also was nursed at home.
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