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Wimbledon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Table showing Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during each year from 1924 to 1933.

Table showing Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during each year from 1924 to 1933.

Disease192419251926192719281929 1930193119321934
Smallpox.........1...221...3
Scarlet Fever15017016516912613112775126126
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)42332652170150140746421
Enteric Fever334447...1......
Paratyphoid Fever6......76...2121
Puerperal Fever3331224432
Puerperal Pyrexia.........9612975
Acute Primary Pneumonia10163942323923212822
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia211939173320
Cerebro-spinal Fever2...12122112
Acute Poliomyelitis2...4...1............1
Acute Polio-encephalitis2...........................
Encephalitis Lethargica105321...1...1...
Malaria1.........2.........1...
Dysentery........................1...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2334313473
Erysipelas132017241933291829
Pulmonary Tuberculosis64634866655656678170
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis187619141351387
Totals330324320401455457404301381312

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TUBERCULOSIS.
Seventy-seven cases of tuberculosis were notified. This
figure shows a decrease of twelve over the number for the
previous year.
The deaths from tuberculosis were six less than in 1932,
the total figure being forty-two.
Of the thirty-five deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis,
fourteen died outside the district (nine males and five
females). These deaths were transferred to Wimbledon by
the Registrar-General.

Table: There were seven non-pulmonary deaths. Of these, three males and two females died outside the district. The causes of death in these cases were as follows:—

There were seven non-pulmonary deaths. Of these, three males and two females died outside the district. The causes of death in these cases were as follows:—

Tuberculous meningitis3
Miliary tuberculosis1
Tuberculous disease of the spine1
Tuberculous osteomyelitis of hip1
Tuberculosis of the kidneys1