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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 1933

[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.
19241.100.000.060.010.010050.150.050.75
19251.010.000.030.010.000.100.000.080.77
19260.700.000.000.000.000.000.100.000.60
19270.940.000.010.030.000.050.000.030.80
19281.100.000.000.100.000.080.110.030.70
19291.060.010.000.100.000.080.000.050.80
19300.990.000.000.060.000.030.160.030.69
19310.150.000.000.000.000.060.000.080.90
19320.160.000.000.010.010.000.060.060.80
19330.130.000.000.030.000.050.010.030.71
•Including Paratyphoid.

Table: 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 Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1933.

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 Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1933.

DISEASE.Cases Notified at All Ages.Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
St. Mary'sSt. John'sCottenham ParkWimbledon ParkDundonaldTrinitySouth ParkHaydon Park
Smallpox3...............21...3
Scarlet Fever12631217217391224116
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)213128411120
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)1..................1...1
Puerperal Fever2......1......1......2
Puerperal Pyrexia5.........11...3...1
Acute Primary Pneumonia22...2811244...
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia201...2...5156...
Cerebro-spinal Fever21...1...............2
Acute Poliomyelitis1..................1......
Acute Polio-encephalitis..............................
Encephalitis Lethargica..............................
Malaria..............................
Dysentery..............................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3......2...1............
Erysipelas292121856410
Pulmonary Tuberculosis703654161215953
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis71.........14...12
Totals3121422401754674949210