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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 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Notification of Infective Diseases.
The total number of cases of infective diseases notified during
the year is shown in Table II. of the Local Government Board's
Table on page II.
The total number of cases notified (less Tuberculosis) was 5,315,
(1,107 in Clapham, 576 in Putney, 1,206 in Streatham, 711 in
Tooting, and 1,715 in Wandsworth). The large increase in the
number over previous years is due to the fact that Measles and
German Measles are now notifiable diseases. 3,184 cases of Measles
and 397 of German Measles were notified during the year.
No cases of Small-pox were notified during the year.
Vaccination.
Table XIV. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1917. It
shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the whole
Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts. Streatham,
Balham and Tooting are included under the heading of Streatham.
TABLE XIV.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1 st January to 31st December, 1917. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated, |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 846 | 428 | 2 | ... | 47 | 225 | 11 | 24 | 98 | 11 |
| Putney | 318 | 222 | 1 | ... | 14 | 57 | 15 | 11 | 8 | ... |
| Streatham | 2,120 | 821 | 4 | ... | 102 | 607 | 1 | 114 | 443 | 28 |
| Wands w'th | 1,467 | 838 | 2 | ... | 91 | 349 | 24 | 38 | 108 | 17 |
| Totals | 4.751 | 2,309 | 9 | ... | 254 | 1,238 | 51 | 187 | 657 | 56 |
The percentage of children vaccinated to total births was
only 48, 50 in Clapham, 70 in Putney, 38 in Streatham, etc., and
57 in Wandsworth.