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Wimbledon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING—1932.
| DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | 65 and over. | |||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | 126 | 110 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | 64 | 63 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 4 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 28 | ... |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 33 | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 89 | 51 |
| Totals | 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 79 | 47 | 31 | 75 | 34 | 44 | 21 | 381 | 239 |