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Wimbledon 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Table showing Zymotic Death Rate, the Death Rates from Zymotic Diseases, and Death Rate from Tuberculous Diseases for the last ten years.

Table showing Zymotic Death Rate, the Death Rates from Zymotic Diseases, and Death Rate from Tuberculous Diseases for the last ten years.

YEAR.Death Rate Per 1,000 Population
Zymotic Death-rate.SmallpoxScarlet Fever.Diphtheria.*Enteric Fever.Whooping Cough.Measles.Diarrhoea.Phthisis and other Tuberc'los Diseases.
19231.00...0.050.08...0.060.060.080.63
19241.10...0.060.010.010.050.150.050.75
19251.01...0.030.01...0.10...0.080.77
19260.70...............0.10...0.60
19270.940.010.03...0.05...0.030.80
19281.10...0.10...0.080.110.030.70
19291.060.01...0.10...0.08...0.050.80
19300.99...0.06...0.030.160.030.69
19310.15.........0.06...0.080.90
19320.16...0.010.010.060.060.80
*Including Paratyphoid.

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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: Table showing Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1932.

Table showing Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1932.

DISEASE.Cases Notified at All Aces.Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
St. Mary'sSt. John'sCotteuham ParkWimbledon ParkDundonaldTrinitySouth ParkHaydon Park
Smallpox..............................
Scarlet Fever12665101035241422110
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup64222362272063
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)2......1.........1......
Puerperal Fever3......2.........1...3
Puerperal Pyrexia7.........11......54
Acute Primary Pneumonia2812441844...
Acute Influenza! Pneumonia3343725642...
Cerebr-spinal Fever1...1..................1
Acute Poliomyelitis..............................
Acute Polio-encephalitis..............................
Enoephalitis Lethargic1............1.........1
Malaria1...............1.........
Dysentery11........................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum711......1......31
Erysipelas18212253215
Pulmonary Tuberculosis8173144102191344
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis8............15117
Totals3812418422666914371239