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Wandsworth 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Tuberculous Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of a Tuberculous
nature was '390, 201 of males, and 199 of females.
331 of the deaths were due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 170
of males, and 161 of females; 29 to Tuberculous disease of the
Barin ; and 30 to other forms of Tuberculous diseases.
The number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
other Tuberculous diseases, and the rates per 1,000 for the whole
Borough and for the separate sub.districts, are shown in the next
Table.

TABLE XVII.

Sub.District.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Tuberculous Diseases.Total.
No. of Deaths.Rate.No. of Deaths.Rate.No. of DeathsRate.
Clapham621.0111.18731.19
Putney311 071.03321.10
Streatham84.8012.1196.91
Tooting531.279.23621.60
Wandsworth1011.0626.281271.35
Whole Borough3311. 0059.183901.18

There has been a decided increase in the rate from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis in all the sub-districts, especially in Putney
and Tooting", compared with 1920, and also in those two sub-districts
compared with the decennial average. I am of opinion
that this increase has been due to the frequent recurrence of outbreaks
of Influenza, which have had a most deleterious effect on
even mild cases of this disease.
It is quite possible that industrial unrest and consequent
mental anxiety may also have had a deleterious effect.
In 29 of the deaths the patients had had a recent attack of
Influenza, and 46 deaths occurred which were attributed to military
service.