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Wandsworth 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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18 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1931.
TABLE XII.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1930. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 617 | 349 | 1 | - | 34 | 144 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 21 |
| Putney | 310 | 206 | 2 | - | 12 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 |
| Balham | 544 | 270 | 4 | - | 21 | 178 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 41 |
| Streatham | 785 | 401 | 10 | - | 31 | 224 | 9 | 67 | 22 | 21 |
| Tooting | 404 | 162 | 4 | - | 18 | 166 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| Southfield | 562 | 361 | 1 | - | 13 | 139 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 |
| Springfield | 368 | 206 | 3 | - | 13 | 87 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 27 |
| Totals | 3,560 | 1,955 | 25 | - | 142 | 994 | 40 | 117 | 147 | 170 |
Diphtheria.
393 cases occurred, compared with 866 in 1930, 724 in 1929,
and 568 in 1928. The number of deaths was 17, compared with
30 in 1930. The death-rate for 1931 was .04 and the case mortality
was 4.3 per cent.
The rate per 1,000 of population was 1.11:—1-26 in
Clapham; .48 in Putney; .79 in Balham; 1T2 in Streatham;
1.65 in Tooting; and 1.19 in Wandsworth.
Of the 393 cases, 385 or 97 per cent., were removed to
hospital and no difficulty was experienced in having cases
removed promptly.