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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
{5). All Saints' School, Wandsworth, Infants' Department, from the
22nd September to the 10th October.
(6). Merton Road School, Wandsworth, Infants' Department, from
the 7th to the 24th October.
Class-rooms in the following schools were disinfected by the
sanitary staff:—
Christchurch Schools, Streatham, on the 25th February.
Colmer Road School, Streatham, on the 30th May.
All Saints', Wandsworth, on the 23rd September.
Merton Road, Wandsworth, on the 17th October.
Whooping Cough
48 deaths occurred from this disease during the year, 23 of males
and 25 of females, a decrease of 39 compared with 1903 and of 34.4
compared with the corrected decennial average.
Nine of the deaths occurred in Clapham, two in Putney, 13 in
Streatham, eight in Tooting, and 16 in Wandsworth.
There was a decided decrease in all the sub-districts compared
with the year 1903.
21 of the deaths were of infants under one year of age, and 27 of
children from one to five years.
The death-rate was .18 per 1,000, compared with .34 in 1903,
and with .32 for the whole of London.
There was a very large decrease in the number of cases notified
from the elementary schools, only 163 having been notified, compared
with 428 in 1903.
Epidemic Influenza.
There was a slight increase in the number of deaths from this
cause, 57 having been registered, compared with 39 in 1903.
The number is, however, 30.7 under the corrected decennial
average.