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Wandsworth 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
field School 22 cases occurred, one each in February, March, May,
July, August, September and December, five in October, and 10 in
November.
Of the total number of cases notified 42 were incorrectly
diagnosed, compared with 54 in 1913, leaving a total of 510 actual
cases, compared with 376 in 1913, 390 in 1912, and 468 in 1911.
The number of dwellings in each sub-district and the whole
Borough in which multiple cases occurred is shown in the following
Table.

Table: TABLE XLII.

TABLE XLII.

Sub-Districts.One case.Two cases.Three cases.Four cases.b ive cases and upwards.lotal houses invaded.
Clapham57131......61
Putney5021......53
Streatham8041......85
looting69422279
Wandsworth55165278
Whole Borough311291042356

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Of the 356 houses invaded, multiple cases occurred in 45,
or 12.6 per cent, an increase of 4.3 per cent, compared with 1913.
No cases of Diphtheria were notified as having occurred in
children attending the following elementary schools in the Borough :
In Clapham:—
Parochial, Old Town, Clapham.
St. Mary's, Crescent Lane.
St. Mary's, St. Alphonsus Road.
Telferscot Road.