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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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Infective Diseases. 1
TABLE X.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of CASES of Infectious Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15 and 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 | 88 | 34 | 54 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 568 | 466 | 102 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 41 | 263 | 77 | 33 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 752 | 603 | 149 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 57 | 348 | 123 | 62 | 62 | 17 | 8 | - |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 54 | 15 | 39 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 9 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 14 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | — | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 30 | 3 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 145 | 25 | 120 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 52 | 17 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1665 | 1648 | 17 | 116 | 153 | 176 | 200 | 252 | 737 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 42 | 3 | 39 | — | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Acute Primary | 456 | 183 | 273 | 31 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 20 | 28 | 49 | 60 | 92 | 44 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-myelitis | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Malaria | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Chicken-pox | 306 | 277 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 159 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 4 | - | - |
| Anthrax | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | - |
| Total | 4149 | 3264 | 885 | 176 | 221 | 281 | 302 | 396 | 1580 | 308 | 191 | 273 | 154 | 191 | 76 |