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Wandsworth 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1931.
TABLE IX.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of DEATHS from 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pvrexia | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 18 | - | 9 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Acute Primary | 69 | 19 | 50 | 9 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 146 | 59 | 87 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 32 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 97 | 5 | 92 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 46 |
| Diarrhœa | 27 | 27 | - | 24 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other (if any) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 126 | 34 | 92 | 27 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 46 |
| Grand Total | 272 | 93 | 179 | 48 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 56 | 78 |