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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Four of the return cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in Clapham,
13 in Streatham, one in Tooting, and seven in Wandsworth.
In one household in Streatham five cases occurred after the
return of cases from hospital, and in another household three
further cases occurred after the return of the first case from hospital.
Four of the return cases of Diphtheria occurred in Streatham,
and one in Tooting.
Enteric Fever.
38 cases of Enteric Fever were notified during the year (seven
from Clapham, three from Putney, seven from Streatham, one
from Tooting, and 20 from Wandsworth).
The number of deaths was five, and the death-rate was .017
per 1,000 of population.
Six of the cases on admission to hospital were found not to
be suffering from Enteric Fever.
Five of the cases notified as Enteric Fever were, in reality,
cases of Paratyphoid, and all of them were in attendance at
Battersea Polytechnic, but resided at a hostel in this Borough.
Investigations in this Borough and in Battersea failed to discover
the source of infection.
Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis.
In 42 cases (21 of Scarlet Fever, 11 of Diphtheria, six of
Enteric Fever and four of Cerebro-Spinal Fever) information was
received from the Metropolitan Asylums Board's and other hospitals,
that the patients were not suffering from the disease notified or any
other notifiable disease.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
During the year 21 cases of this disease were notified (four in
Clapham, two in Putney, five in Streatham, three in Tooting, and
seven in Wandsworth).
Eight of the cases terminated fatally (one in Putney, two in
Streatham and five in Wandsworth), and in four information was