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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The effect of such closing was to check the outbreaks, and
this was specially the case in Streatham where the large majority
of the children was susceptible to the disease, no general outbreak
having occurred in that part of Streatham chiefly affected
for some years.
The class-rooms of the following schools were disinfected by
the sanitary staff : —
Garratt Lane School, on the 18th March, 8 rooms.
St. Leonard's Infants' School, Wellfield Road, Streatham, on
the 5 th October, 3 rooms.
St. Leonard's Infants' School, Mitcham Lane, Streatham, on
the 13th November, 3 rooms.
Sunnyhill Road Board School, Infants' Department,
Streatham, on the 2nd December, 5 rooms.
Eardley Road Board School, Infants' Department, Streatham,
on the 17th December, 13 rooms
Whooping Cough.
87 deaths occurred from this disease, an increase of 23
compared with 1902, and of five, compared with the corrected
decennial average.
16 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 10 in Putney, 24 in
Streatham, 12 in Tooting, and 25 in Wandsworth.
With the exception of Clapham all the sub-districts show an
increase compared with last year.
43 of the deaths were of infants under one year, and 41 of
children from one to five years, only three deaths occurring above
the latter age.
The death-rate was .34 per 1,000, compared with .26 in 1902,
and with .35 for the whole of London.
Epidemic Influenza.
The number of deaths from Influenza was only 39, compared
with 93 in 1902, 41 in 1901, and 87 in 1900. The number of
deaths was 52.5 below the corrected decennial average, and is the
lowest number recorded since 1896. 13 of the deaths occurred
in Clapham, two in Putney, 14 in Streatham, none in Tooting, and
10 in Wandsworth.