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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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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health.TABLEXL. (Continued.)

Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

TABLEXL. (Continued.)

School.Diseases.
Measles.Chicken- Whooivn^ pox. : Coi. jMumps.RingwormTotal.*
Tooting—
Ensham Street49io51658S
Fountain Road*4123117478
Sellincourt Road184364594
Tooting Graveney76723227525480
Total157987i37239737
Wandsworth—
Brandlehow Road355481796
Dunts Hill662519
Earlsfield38719863
Eltringham Street1921i 1681074
Frogmore...681...15
Garratt Lane65223512107
Merton Road324215861
St. Ann's11...1...618
St. Faith's2...1......3
St. Joseph's47277247
St. Michael's.........12
St. Thomas's1212...16
Southfields934391019111
Swaffield Road1822123
Waldron Road195413...41
Warple Way14...2...118
West Hill910119342
Total2531531837483746
Grand Total1,2075565767512623,352

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Whooping Cough.
75 deaths occurred during the year, 36 of males and 39 of
females, an increase of 27 compared with 1904, but a decrease of
11.4 compared with the corrected decennial average.
17 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, nine in Putney, 14 in
Streatham, seven in Tooting, and 28 in Wandsworth.
The greatest increase occurred in Clapham and Wandsworth.
33 of the deaths were of Infants under one year, 40 of children
from one to five years, and two from five to 15 years.