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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 1916

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
15
Scarlet Fever.
690 cases were notified, (95 in Clapham, 40 in Putney, 161 in
Streathain, 198 in Tooting and 196 in Wandsworth).
The total number of deaths was five, and the death-rate
per 1,000 was .01.
The number of dwellings in each sub-district and in the whole
Borough in which multiple cases occurred is shown in the following
Table.

Table: TABLE XV.

TABLE XV.

Sub-Districts.One case.Two cases.Three cases.Four cases.Five cases and upwards.Total houses invaded.
Clapham7731...1*82
Putney282...2...32
Streatham1221132...138
Tooting11911724*143
Wandsworth14715311*167
Whole Borough493421476562

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In Clapham 9 Cases occurred in one house.
In Tooting 13 Cases occurred in the Fountain Asylum.
In Wandsworth 6 cases occurred in one house.
Of the 562 houses invaded, multiple cases occurred in 69, or
12.2 per cent.