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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Four of the cases were investigated by the Deputy Medical
Officer of Health, who reported that three of them had symptoms
similar to other cases which were at that time being reported in
other parts. The other case was diagnosed and treated in a
hospital, having been sent there as Tubercular Meningitis, but
this diagnosis was not confirmed. This patient recovered and is
at present well.
Of the other four cases, one. died, the death being certified as
Epidemic Encephalitis.
Chicken-pox.
In consequence of several cases of Small-pox occurring in
different parts of the Kingdom, the London County Council, on
the 19th March, made an Order requiring the notification of cases
of Chicken-pox from the 27th March to the 30th June.
During that period 392 cases (67 in Clapham, 24 in Putney,
130 in Streatham, 47 in Tooting, and 124 in Wandsworth) were
notified.
Anthrax.
One case of Anthrax was notified from Balham. The patient,
a man of 52 years, was employed as a furrier's labourer in the City.
He was treated at Guy's Hospital and recovered. No direct
history of infection could be ascertained.
Diarrhœa.
96 deaths, 53 of males and 43 of females, occurred from all
forms of Diarrhoea and Enteritis during the year. 17 of the deaths
occurred in Clapham, seven in Putney, 26 in Streatham, 13 in
Tooting, and 33 in Wandsworth. There was a slight increase
in all the sub-districts except Clapham, compared with 1917.
The death-rate was .32 per 1,000, (in Clapham .30, in Putney
.26, in Streatham .28, in Tooting .38, and in Wandsworth .38).