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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the total number of cases notified 33 were incorrectly
•diagnosed, leaving a total of 312, compared with 347 in 1904.
Of these 312 cases, 148 or 47.4 per cent. were not attending
school, compared with 43 per cent. in 1904; while 164 or 52.6 per
cent, were at school, compared with 53 per cent. in 1904.
Only 13 cases occurred in connection with private schools, and
nine were in attendance at schools outside the Borough.
Of the total number of cases of Diphtheria notified, 119 or 34.2
per cent. occurred among children under five years of age, 175 or 50.2
per cent. from five to 15 years, and 54 or 15.6 per cent. over 15 years.
Of the 276 cases removed to Hospital 33 were reported to be not
suffering from Diphtheria.
Drainage defects, etc., were found in 41 of the houses in which
cases of Diphtheria occurred.
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
51 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred after the return of cases from
the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, compared with 17 in
1904, and 50 in 1903.
There were no return cases of Diphtheria as was the case also in
1904, while in 1903 there were n.
15 of the cases were from Clapham, oue from Putney, 10 from
Streatham, nine from Tooting, and 16 from Wandsworth.
Nine of the cases occurred in three households in Clapham, three
in each, and four in one household in Tooting.
The following Table shows the date of removal to hospital of the
first case, the date of the return from hospital, the number of days the
first case was in hospital, the date of the first symptoms in the subsequent
cases, and the number of days elapsing between the return of
the first case and the first symptoms of the subsequent case or cases.