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Wandsworth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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40 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1938.
The following Table shows the number of examinations
in each sub-district and for the whole Borough, also the disease
for which the examination was made, and the result.
TABLE XV.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria:— | |||||||
| Negative | 403 | 415 | 452 | 572 | 522 | 863 | 3227 |
| Positive | 51 | 20 | 59 | 34 | 42 | 55 | 261 |
| Enteric Fever:— | |||||||
| Negative | 22 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 44 |
| Positive | 9 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 14 |
| Other Diseases:— | |||||||
| Negative | 5 | 19 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 45 | 113 |
| Positive | 2 | 28 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 54 | 147 |
| Total | 492 | 487 | 547 | 683 | 575 | 1022 | 3806 |
Examinations of Sputum made at the Dispensary are not
included in the above figures.
Table XVI. shows the number of cases of infective diseases which were reported from schools during the year.
TABLE XVI.
| School. | Diseases. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases | Totals. | |
| Clapham. | ||||||||||
| Bonneville Road | 9 | 7 | 101 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | _ | 3 | 136 |
| Cavendish Road | 4 | 16 | 68 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 4 | _ | 8 | 144 |
| Christchurch | 1 | 4 | 28 | — | 3 | — | 6 | _ | _ | 42 |
| Haselrigge Road | 3 | 10 | 92 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 33 | — | 7 | 196 |
| Carried forward | 17 | 37 | 289 | 4 | 85 | 24 | 44 | — | 18 | 518 |