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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. 85

TABLE XLIV.

YearCases Reported.Deaths.Removed.Recovered.Cases on Register.
1909 to 1912191319141915191619171918191919201921Total.
1909 to
19122047763148804727142811...31121676114136
1913783...1807741259545334926737130
1914706......1778837221355435120926120
1815646.........199822720126535116120114
1916590............16269381311930215419115
1917622...............18379349631111213186
1918777..................19971272031714221297
1919788.....................15876342689619405
1920634........................11283195487384
1921490...........................170170141305
Total8083763328334375333324382308251337373518792772192

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.