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. 59
Wandsworth District.
Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham | Tooting. | Wandsworth | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 1009 | 17 | 184 | 629 | 106 | 66 | 7 | ... | 183 | 97 | 283 | 191 | 255 | 934 |
Erysipelas | 121 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 26 | 13 | 46 | 20 |
Scarlet Fever | 1978 | 3 | 291 | 1394 | 182 | 99 | 9 | ... | 366 | 140 | 511 | 341 | 620 | 1748 |
Enteric Fever | 32 | ... | 1 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | ... | 6 | 4 | 8 | ... | 14 | 21 |
Puerperal Fever | 11 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Polio-Myelitis | 7 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 3 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 54 | 54 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 7 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 490 | ... | 5 | 28 | 121 | 225 | 101 | 10 | 100 | 45 | 126 | 72 | 147 | ... |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 147 | 7 | 25 | 58 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 56 | ... |
Whooping Cough | 1201 | 107 | 507 | 575 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ... | 142 | 167 | 314 | 174 | 404 | 34 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 17 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 79 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 18 | ... |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 374 | 27 | 43 | 51 | 42 | 102 | 70 | 39 | 54 | 40 | 103 | 35 | 142 | ... |
Malaria | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 17 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ... |
Dysentery | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |
Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 5555 | 220 | 1070 | 2766 | 519 | 620 | 277 | 83 | 9 60 | 521 | 1462 | 871 | 1741 | 2799 |