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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Fever, 18, compared with 14 and 13; and of Erysipelas 253, compared
with 267 and 232.
Small-pox, Erysipelas, Diphtheria and Continued Fever show a
decrease, while Enteric Fever and Scarlet Fever show an increase,
this being in the case of Scarlet Fever very large.
The total number of cases notified was 2,211 (400 in Clapham,
90 in Putney, 481 in Streatham, 245 in Tooting, and 975 in Wandsworth),
compared with 1,540 in 1904, 1,735 in 1903, and 2,338 in
1902.
The total number of cases notified per 1,000 persons living was
7.5, compared with 5.8 in 1904, 6.7 in 1903, and 9.5 in 1902.
The rates in the separate sub-districts were as follows:—
Clapham 6.2, compared with 4.05 in 1904, and 6.2 in 1903;
Putney 3.2 compared with 4.2 and 6.3; Streatham 5.4 compared with
5.4 and 6.3; Tooting 10.5 compared with 5.9 and 6.3; and Wandsworth
11.3 compared with 8.1 and 8.6.
In the County of London this rate was 7.0, compared with 6.0 in
1904, and 6.0 in 1903.
23 cases of Erysipelas, two of Puerperal Fever, and two of Scarlet
Fever were notified from the Workhouse; one case of Erysipelas, two
of Enteric Fever, and two of Puerperal Fever from the Middlesex
County Lunatic Asylum; one of Erysipelas from the Tooting Bec
Asylum; one of Diphtheria, and three of Scarlet Fever from the
Fountain Fever Hospital; and 30 of Scarlet Fever, six of Diphtheria,
and one of Enteric Fever from the Grove Fever Hospital; a total of
94, compared with 69 in 1904 and 70 in 1903.
Small-pox.
Only one case of this disease was notified, but the diagnosis was
not confirmed at the South Wharf, and the case was returned home
the same day. I11 1904 the number of cases notified was six, and in
1903, 24.
The total number of cases notified in London was 74, compared
with 491 in 1904, and 416 in 1903.