Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Infantile Mortality among legitimate infants was 64 per
1,000 legitimate births, and among illegitimate infants 159 per
1,000 illegitimate births, or nearly two and a half times as great.
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these
diseases during the year and for the 10 previous years. The
number above or below the corrected decennial average is also
shown.
1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | 1921. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 18.7 | |
Diphtheria | 34 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 53 | 55 | 37 | 35 | 41 | 68 | 64 | 22 | ... |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1.3 | ... |
Cont'd Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerpl. Fever | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | ... | 94 |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ... | 1.2 |
Measles | 230 | 51 | 116 | 26 | 152 | 22 | 129 | 45 | 18 | 47 | 4 | ... | 78 |
Whooping C | 66 | 57 | 23 | 53 | 66 | 49 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 19 | 28 | ... | 18.5 |
Influenza | 24 | 45 | 59 | 58 | 90 | 74 | 56 | 834 | 310 | 99 | 81 | ... | 95 |
Diarrhoea | 350 | 85 | 168 | 186 | 125 | 95 | 78 | 96 | 58 | 62 | 108 | ... | 31 |
Tuberculous Diseases | 389 | 366 | 355 | 389 | 434 | 396 | 424 | 455 | 342 | 315 | 390 | ... | 23 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ... | 4.9 |
Other Infective Diseases | 21 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 8.2 | |
Totals | 1154 | 685 | 797 | 824 | 1001 | 750 | 817 | 1572 | 831 | 672 | 742 | ... | 232 |
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 742,
129 in Clapham, 63 in Putney, 212 in Streatham, 112 in Tooting,
and 226 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 2.26 per 1,000
(2.11 in Clapham, 2.18 in Putney, 2.03 in Streatham, 2.88 in
footing, and 2.38 in Wandsworth).