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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| School. | Diseases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles. | Chicken-Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm | Total. | |
| Tooting— | ||||||
| Ensham Street | 44 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 46 |
| Tooting Graveney | 102 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 110 |
| Undine Street R. C. | 27 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 29 |
| Total | 173 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 185 |
| Wandsworth— | ||||||
| Brandlehow Road | 69 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 34 | 173 |
| Earlsfield Road | 97 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 135 |
| Eltringham Street | 26 | 32 | 58 | 10 | 22 | 148 |
| Frogmore | 8 | 20 | .. | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Garratt Lane | 219 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 268 |
| Merton Road | 5 | 4 | .. | 18 | 6 | 33 |
| St. Ann's | 3 | .. | .. | 13 | 4 | 20 |
| Swaffield Road | 76 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .. | 90 |
| Waldron Road | 99 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 129 |
| Warple Way | 3° | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 47 |
| West Hill | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| Total | 635 | 129 | 141 | 102 | 90 | 1,097 |
| Grand Total | 1884 | 342 | 428 | 234 | 195 | 3,083 |
On account of the outbreaks of Measles the following schools
were closed for the periods mentioned:—
Garratt Lane, Infants' Department, closed for 14 days from
the 17th March.
St. Leonard's Infants' School, Welllield Road, Streatham,
closed from the 2nd to the 19th October.
St. Leonard's Infants' School, Mitcham Lane, Streatham,
closed for 14 days, from the 6th November.
Mitcham Lane Board School, Infants' Department, closed for
14 days from the 12th November.
St. Andrew's Roman Catholic School, Polworth Road,
Streatham, closed from the 16th November to 2nd
December.
Undine Street Roman Catholic School, Tooting, closed from
the 19th November to the 7th December.