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. 85
Year | Cases Reported. | Deaths. | Removed. | Recovered. | Cases on Register. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1909 to 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | Total. | |||||
1909 to | |||||||||||||||
1912 | 2047 | 763 | 148 | 80 | 47 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 11 | ... | 3 | 1121 | 676 | 114 | 136 |
1913 | 783 | ... | 180 | 77 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 349 | 267 | 37 | 130 |
1914 | 706 | ... | ... | 177 | 88 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 351 | 209 | 26 | 120 |
1815 | 646 | ... | ... | ... | 199 | 82 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 351 | 161 | 20 | 114 |
1916 | 590 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 162 | 69 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 302 | 154 | 19 | 115 |
1917 | 622 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 183 | 79 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 311 | 112 | 13 | 186 |
1918 | 777 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 199 | 71 | 27 | 20 | 317 | 142 | 21 | 297 |
1919 | 788 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 158 | 76 | 34 | 268 | 96 | 19 | 405 |
1920 | 634 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 112 | 83 | 195 | 48 | 7 | 384 |
1921 | 490 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 170 | 170 | 14 | 1 | 305 |
Total | 8083 | 763 | 328 | 334 | 375 | 333 | 324 | 382 | 308 | 251 | 337 | 3735 | 1879 | 277 | 2192 |
In Table XLIV. it will be seen that since 1909, 8,083 cases
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis have been reported, and since 1912,
when Pulmonary Tuberculosis was made compulsorily notifiable,
the number of cases was 6,891.
Of these 8,083, 3,735 or 46.2 per cent. died, 1,879 or 23 per
cent. have removed from the Borough, 277 or 3.4 per cent. have,
as far as could be ascertained, recovered, while 2,192 or 27.1 per
cent. remain on the Register.
With regard to the notifications of cases of non-pulmonary
Tuberculosis, in all 147 cases were notified (34 from Clapham,
10 from Putney, 23 from Streatham, 24 from Tooting, and 56
from Wandsworth).
Seven of the cases were under one year, 25 from one and
under five years, 58 from five and under 15 years, 21 from 15
and under 25 years, 29 from 25 and under 45 years, and seven
over 45 years of age.
Table XLV. shows the number of these cases notified
classified according to the part of the body affected, as well as
the number of deaths in each class.
It will be seen from this Table that by far the most fatal
form of Tuberculosis is tuberculosis of the Brain, of which 23
cases were notified and 23 died.