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Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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36 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.
109 cases requiring special home nursing were referred to
District Nursing Associations in the Borough, compared with
73 in 1934 and the nurses made 1,108 visits to these cases, compared
with 920 in 1934.
542 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors to houses where cases of Measles occurred, and 25 premises
were disinfected at the request of the occupiers.
Table XV. shows the number of cases of infective diseases
which were reported from schools during the year.
TABLE XV.
| School. | Diseases. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases | Totals. | ||
| Clapham. | |||||||||||
| Bonneville Road | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 8 | 9 | - | 6 | 36 | |
| Cavendish Road | — | 6 | 3 | - | 6 | — | 35 | 1 | 3 | 54 | |
| Christchurch | 2 | - | — | - | 4 | 18 | 8 | - | — | 32 | |
| Haselrigge Road | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 51 | |
| Heathbrook, St. Rule Street | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | |
| Henry Thornton, South Side | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | - | — | 2 | |
| Larkhall Lane | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | 7 | 30 | |
| New Park Road | 10 | 12 | 4 | - | 58 | 3 | 7 | - | 12 | 106 | |
| Parochial, Old Town | 3 | 1 | 47 | - | 4 | 13 | 27 | - | 1 | 96 | |
| Parochial, Macaulay Road | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| St. Mary's, Crescent Lane | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | — | - | — | 2 | |
| St. Mary's, St. Alphonsus Road | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | |
| Stonhouse Street | 2 | 2 | - | - | 33 | 8 | 34 | - | 1 | 80 | |
| Stowey House, Clapham Cora. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Telferscot Road | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 32 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 88 | |
| Putney. | |||||||||||
| Church of England, Felsham Rd. | 4 | 2 | - | - | 17 | — | — | - | 1 | 24 | |
| Church of England Lower Com. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | |
| Convent of Sacred Heart (Ele.) | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | ||
| Hotham Road | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 15 | 2 | - | 13 | 42 | |
| Huntingfield Road | 8 | 9 | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | - | 3 | 28 | |
| Parochial, Roehampton | 1 | 2 | — | - | — | — | 8 | - | — | 11 | |
| St. Agnes', R.C. | 3 | — | — | - | 1 | 6 | — | - | 5 | 15 | |
| Upper Grade, Lacy Road | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Carried forward | 70 | 68 | 69 | 1 | 181 | 97 | 154 | 3 | 93 | 736 | |