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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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16 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XI.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total CASES of Infectious Diseases occurring in each locality. | Total Cases occurring. | Number admitted into Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||
| Small-pox | - | - | 9 | 56 | 6 | 17 | 88 | 76 | - |
| Diphtheria | 98 | 46 | 43 | 69 | 64 | 248 | 568 | 551 | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | 161 | 58 | 78 | 120 | 123 | 212 | 752 | 645 | 3 |
| Enteric and Para-tvphoid Fevers | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 54 | 28 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pvrexia | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 23 | 1 |
| 28 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 145 | 58 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 251 | 141 | 114 | 137 | 161 | 861 | 1665 | 60 | 9 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal | 11 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 42 | — | 9 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Primary | 83 | 41 | 72 | 35 | 54 | 171 | 456 | — | 70 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Chicken-pox | 39 | 44 | 26 | 76 | 38 | 83 | 306 | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | - | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Total | 683 | 364 | 393 | 526 | 475 | 1708 | 4149 | 1470 | 129 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 105 12 | 77 2 | 76 9 | 95 8 | 86 6 | 179 13 | 618 50 | 18 | 294 |
| Total | 117 | 79 | 85 | 103 | 92 | 192 | 668 | 18 | 294 |
| Grand Total | 800 | 443 | 478 | 629 | 567 | 1900 | 4817 | 1488 | 423 |