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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.
During the year 3,780 visits were made in cases of these diseases
738 in Clapham, 516 in Putney, 786 in Streatham, 519 in Tooting,
and 1,221 in Wandsworth.
The total number of premises disinfected was 2,209, (466 in
Clapham, 250 in Putney, 438 in Streatham, 283 in Tooting, and
742 in Wandsworth).
Table XVIII. shows the number of cases of infectious diseases
notified by the teachers of the elementary schools in the Borough.

Table: TABLE XVIII.

TABLE XVIII.

Sub-Districts.Diseases.
Measles.German Measles.Chicken Pox.Whooping Cough.Mumps.| Ringworm.Other Diseases.Totals.
Clapham2431417014998293351,038
Putney1273685518931311
Streatham15121157268523590774
Tooting129186923414332152777
Wandsworth40916230177176881541,250
Borough1,059726948834871937624,150

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Whooping Cough.
58 deaths (17 in Clapham, one in Putney, 17 in Streatham,
11 in Tooting and 12 in Wandsworth), occurred during the year,
18 of these were infants under one year of age, 17 from one and
under two years, and 22 from two and under five years, and one
from five and under 15 years. The death-rate was .19 per 1,000.
This disease was made notifiable in the Borough by the Council,
and notification of cases came into operation on the 1st August.
From that date to the end of the year, 83 cases were notified, and
two of these cases died.