London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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14 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE IX.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of DEATHS from Infectious Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15 upwards | Under 1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Diphtheria | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pvrexia | 6 | 6 | 6 | ; | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | i | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 9 | — | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Acute Primary | 70 | 24 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 3 | i | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 3 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | — | — | 1 | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | _ | 3 | 1 | 2 | _ | |||||||||
| Malaria | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 129 | 57 | 72 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 23 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 36 | 36- | - | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 37 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 20 | |||||
| Diarrhoea | 40 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other (if any) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 113 | 74 | 39 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 |
| Grand Total | 242 | 131 | 111 | 63 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 44 |