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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 1919

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XL.

TABLE XL.

Sub-Districts.One case.Two cases.Three cases.Four cases.Five cases and upwards.Total houses invaded.
Clapham12411......137
Putney151.........16
Streatham13455......144
Tooting563.........59
Wandsworth12441......129
Whole Borough453248......485

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Of the 485 houses invaded multiple cases occurred in 32, or
6.59 per cent.
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
32 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred after the return of cases
from the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums, aud there
were also five cases of Diphtheria.
Nine of the return cases of scarlet fever occurred in Clapham,
one in Putney, one in Streatham, one in Tooting, and seven in
Wandsworth.
In one household in Clapham and one in Streatham four cases
occurred after the return of cases from hospital, and in another
household in Streatham three further cases occurred after the return
of the first case from hospital.
Two of the return cases of diphtheria occurred in Clapham,
and one in Streatham and two in Tooting.
Enteric Fever.
Eighteen cases of enteric fever were notified during the year
(two from Clapham,. six from Streatham, four from Tooting, and
six from Wandsworth).