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No deaths from Small-pox occurred in Clapham during
the year, and no cases of this disease were admitted
from Clapham into the Asylums Board Hospituls (21 in
the previous year).
Measles, for which no isolation hospitals are provided,
caused 11 deaths, and Whooping Cough 34 deaths.
There was only one death from Scarlet Fever, and that
from a remote complication of the disease. 59 cases of
Scarlet Fever of a mild type came under our notice in
40 houses, and 2 cases in the Victoria Hospital for
Children; the latter having been removed from this
neighbourhood a considerable period before they acquired
the disease.
Particulars of some of Scarlet Fever Cases.
33, Thurlow Street. A boy 3½ years was brought
down stairs each day by the mother during illness, and
a few days later two other children started with the
disease.
12, Heath Road. A girl 4½ years. Fifteen days
before this case started, the drains of the house were
found to be defective, and a notice served on the owner
or occupier. The work was not executed till some days
after the patient's removal to hospital.
123, Heath Road. A boy 3 years and girl at 5
years. An older sister attended Tennyson Road Board
School, and sat next a girl who was attending school
while peeling after Scarlet Fever.
Crichton Street. Two children at No. 1, one child at
No. 3, and one at No. 19 came in contact with and