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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 63
Streatham, 83 in Tooting, and 704 in Wandsworth. Cards were left
at each house so that the Sanitary Authority might be informed when
the case had recovered and that disinfection could be carried out.
During the year 1,115 premises were disinfected by the sanitary
staff after cases of Measles, 147 in January, 30 in February, 64 in
March, 105 in April, 110 in May, 149 in June, 113 in July, 17 in
August, 33 in September, 103 in October, 133 in November, and 111
in December.
Information respecting cases of Measles is in most cases received
from the teachers of elementary schools, and only in very few cases
was notification received from the parent This explains the large
diminution of disinfection in the month of July, when the schools
were closed.
The following Table shows the number of cases of Measles and
other non-notifiable diseases notified by the teachers in the elementary
schools in the Borough.
In all 2,291 cases were notified, compared with 3,083 in 1903.
1,543 of these were cases of Measles, 331 of Chicken-pox, 163 of
Whooping Cough, 96 of Mumps, and 158 of Ringworm.
With regard to the cases of Measles, 244 were notified from
schools in Clapham, 36 in Putney, 295 in Streatham, 60 in Tooting,
and 908 in Wandsworth.