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Wandsworth 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1934.
TABLE XVI.— continued.
| School. | Diseases. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases. | Totals. | |
| Brought forward | 673 | 230 | 2139 | 258 | 701 | 387 | 508 | 15 | 223 | 5134 |
| St. Ann's | 3 | 1 | 43 | _ | 5 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 54 |
| St. Faith's | 3 | 3 | 40 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 47 |
| St. Joseph's | 4 | — | 9 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 16 |
| St. Michael's | 11 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 86 |
| St. Thomas' | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| Swaffield Road | 39 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 110 |
| Waldron Road | 31 | 4 | 78 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 125 |
| Wandle | 24 | 5 | 39 | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 85 |
| Wandsworth Central | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Warple Way | 5 | 10 | 72 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 102 |
| West Hill | 7 | 3 | 92 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 122 |
| Grand Total | 807 | 269 | 2629 | 274 | 736 | 397 | 522 | 17 | 240 | 5891 |
Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea was 44 compared
with 43 in 1933, 68 in 1932, 27 in 1931 and 33 in 1930, and of
these 35, or 79 per cent., were under the age of one year, compared
with 83 in 1933. The number of deaths from Diarrhoea, Zymotic
Enteritis and Enteritis under one year represents 15.83 per cent.
of the total mortality at that age.
Other Infective Diseases.
13 deaths occurred, eight from Syphilis, and five from Septicaemia.
Scabies.
The names of 76 school children who were suffering from
Scabies were forwarded to me by the Medical Officer to the
London County Council, and the homes were visited by the