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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Week Ending. | Schools. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases. | Brandlehow Road. | Garratt Lane. | West Hill. | Merton Road. | St. Michael's. | Southfield. | All Saints. | Earlsfield | St. Thomas's. | St. Joseph's. | Private Schools. | No School. | |
| 1905 | |||||||||||||
| 7th January | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 14th „ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 21st „ | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| 28th „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 4th February | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 18th „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 25th „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 4th March | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 18th „ | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 25th „ | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1st April | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 8th „ | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 15th „ | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 22nd „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||||
| 29th „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
This Table shows that of a total number of 154 cases two schools
show an exceptional incidence, viz., West Hill and Merton Road, but
the greatest incidence in these schools did not occur at the same
period, the number of cases in the West Hill School during the three
weeks ended the nth February being only n, while in Merton Road