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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
From March 7th to November 7th Chicken-pox was notifiable and
during that period 892 cases were notified, 191 in Clapham, 21 in
Putney, 200 in Streatham, 57 in Tooting, and 423 in Wandsworth.
Thirty-four of these cases were of persons over 15 years of age,
and in each one the diagnosis proved on further enquiry to be correct.
None of the cases of this disease notified proved to be Small-pox.
Excluding Chicken-pox the total number of cases notified per
1,000 persons living was 5.8, compared with 6.7 in 1903, 9.5 in 1902,
and 6.4 in 1901.
The rates in the separate sub-districts were as follows:—
Clapham 4.05, compared with 6.2 in 1903 and 9.5 in 1902; Putney
4.2, compared with 6.3 and 5.6; Streatham 5.4, compared with 6.3
and 7.9; Tooting 5.9, compared with 6.3 and 13.9; and Wandsworth
8.1, compared with 8.6 and 11.1.
In the County of London the rate was 6.0, compared with 6 0 in
1903, 9.9 in 1902, and 8.8 in 1901.
Twenty-one cases of Erysipelas and 13 of Chicken-pox were
notified from the Workhouse; four cases of Erysipelas and five of
Chicken-pox from the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum; one of
Enteric Fever and one of Erysipelas from the Prison; 11 of Erysipelas
from the Tooting Home; four of Erysipelas from the Tooting Bee
Asylum ; one of Scarlet Fever from the Royal Hospital for Incurables;
six of Scarlet Fever from the Fountain Fever Hospital; and seven of
Scarlet Fever, 11 of Diphtheria, two of Enteric Fever, and four of
Chicken-pox from the Grove Fever Hospital; a total of 69, exclusive
-of Chicken-pox, compared with 70 in 1903 and 83 in 1902.
Small-pox
The total number of cases of Small-pox notified was only six, of
which two were, on further examination, found not to be suffering
from that disease. In 1903 the number of cases notified was 24. Of
the four actual cases in 1904, one occurred in Clapham, one in
Streatham, one in Tooting, and one in Wandsworth.
The total number of cases notified in London during the year was
491, compared with 416 in 1903.