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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.
| Sub-Districts. | Diseases. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases. | Totals. | |
| Clapham | 89 | 14 | 87 | 55 | 67 | 24 | 158 | 494 |
| Putney | .. | 2 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 6 | 32 | 113 |
| Streatham | 462 | 17 | 231 | 29 | 170 | 37 | 180 | 1,126 |
| Tooting | 351 | 7 | 70 | 15 | 133 | 24 | 130 | 730 |
| Wandsworth | 135 | 15 | 266 | 44 | 223 | 103 | 2 3 | |
| Borough | 1,037 | 55 | 665 | 162 | 636 | 194 | 723 | 3.472 |
Whooping Cough.
386 cases were notified (107 in Clapham, 75 in Putney, 79 in
Streatham, 38 in Tooting and 87 in Wandsworth). 26 of these
were infants under one year of age, 157 from one and under five
years, 200 from five and under 15 years, one from 15 and under
25 years, and two from 25 and under 45 years.
Disinfection of Schools.
During the year 12 schools in the Borough were disinfected
on accqunt of cases of infectious disease having occurred among
the scholars attending these schools.
Influenzal Pneumonia and Acute Primary Pneumonia.
On the 7th January the Local Government Board issued an
Order making the above diseases notifiable on and after the 1st
March. From that date to the end of the year 198 cases of Influenzal
Pneumonia were notified, 25 in Clapham, 21 in Putney,
56 in Streatham, 29 in Tooting, and 67 in Wandsworth.