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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Diphtheria.
487 cases were notified (135 in Clapham, 12 in Putney, 140 in
Streatham, 73 in Tooting, and 127 in Wandsworth).
The total number of deaths was 35 (11 in Clapham, one in
Putney, 11 in Streatham, three in Tooting, and nine in Wandsworth),
and the death-rate per 1,000 was .11
The number of cases notified per 1,000 of population was
1.66, and the case mortality was 7.1 per cent.
The number of dwellings in each sub-district and the whole
Borough in which multiple cases occurred is shown in the following
Table.
TABLE XVI.
| Sub-Districts. | One case. | Two cases. | Three cases. | Four cases. | Five cases and upwards. | Total houses invaded. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 107 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ... | 119 |
| Putney | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
| Streatham | 94 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 * | 110 |
| Tooting | 61 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 66 |
| Wandsworth | 103 | 6 | 4 | ... | ... | 113 |
| Whole Borough | 375 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 419 |
* In Streatham eight cases occurred in one house.
Of the 419 houses invaded, multiple cases occurred in 44, or
10.5 per cent.
There was no special outbreak of Diphtheria during the
year.
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
25 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred after the return of cases
from the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and there
were also five cases of Diphtheria.