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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following schools were closed or partially closed during
the year owing to outbreaks of Measles:—St. Ann's, Merton
Road, Warple Way, and All Saints.
In each case the classrooms were fumigated by the sanitary
staff.
Merton Road, Swaffield Road, and Warple Way Board
Schools were closed by order of the Medical Officer to the London
School Board, and All Saints and St. Ann's by order of the
Sanitary Authority.
Whooping Cough.
60 deaths were caused by this disease; 15 above last year,
but 27.6 below the corrected average. 17 of these deaths occurred
in Clapham, four in Putney, 13 in Streatham, five in Tooting, and
21 in Wandsworth. 25 of the deaths were of infants under one
year of age, and 20 of children from one to five years. The
death-rate per 1,000 of population was .25, compared with .20
in 1900; while for the County of London this rate was .35
compared with .42.
Epidemic Influenza.
Influenza was, judging from the number of deaths, much less
prevalent than in the previous year, and, with the exception of
the year 1896, the number was lower than in any year since 1891.
41 deaths were registered (14 in Clapham, three in Putney,
14 in Streatham, three in Tooting, and seven in Wandsworth),
46 less than last year, and 57.4 under the corrected decennial
average.
The death-rate was .1 per 1,ooo, compared with .4 in 1900.
Diarrhoea.
The total number of deaths registered as due to Diarrhoea
was 146, and, with the addition of 18 to Zymotic Enteritis, 164,
compared with 156 in 1900, and 195 in 1899. This number is
eight above last year, and 38.7 above the corrected decennial
average.