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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases. 15
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
12
3
9
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
4
2
2
1
-
Diphtheria
323
259
64
5
14
27
26
27
112
48
26
28
7
3
-
Scarlet Fever
763
640
123
1
14
43
39
64
346
133
49
58
11
5
1
Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid
Fever
15
4
11
-
-
1
-
-
1
2
4
5
1
1
-
Puerperal Fever
17
-
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
12
4
-
-
Puerperal Pyrexia
31
-
31
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
26
3
-
-
Erysipelas
136
13
123
1
-
1
1
-
6
4
4
28
18
42
31
Whooping Cough
542
538
4
37
55
62
68
83
220
13
3
1
-
-
-
Pneumonia:—
Acute Influenzal
138
16
122
1
1
1
1
3
6
3
5
21
21
46
29
Acute Primary
427
165
262
28
27
13
8
17
59
13
23
65
44
92
38
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
6
5
1
—
1
1
1
1
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
Polio-myelitis
6
4
2
—
—
—
—
1
2
1
—
2
—
-
—
Encephalitis Lethargica
3
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
—
1
—
Malaria
2
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
Dysentery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Food Poisoning
15
7
8
—
—
—
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
3
Total
2436
1654
782
73
112
149
145
198
757
220
121
254
114
194
99