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Report oj the Medical Officer of Health.
In all the cases notified the nurses in attendance were informed
that no further cases were to be attended by them for six weeks, and
that their clothing, instruments, etc., would be disinfected. In every
case this was carried out.
Erysipelas.
253 cases of this disease were notified and 14 deaths occurred.
48 of the cases and five of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 14 cases
and no deaths in Putney, 48 cases and five deaths in Streatham, 31
cases and no deaths in Tooting, and 112 cases and four deaths in
Wandsworth.
In 1904 the number of cases notified was 267, and the number of
deaths 13.
48 of the cases were removed to the Union Infirmary, where nine
deaths occurred.
Measles.
The total number of deaths from this disease was 89, 46 of males
and 43 of females, compared with 104 in 1904.
16 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 27 in Putney, 14 in Streatham,
six in Tooting, and 26 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is 15 less than last year, and 1813 under
the corrected decennial average.
15 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 68 of children
from one to five years, and six from five to fifteen years.
The death-rate was .31 per 1,000, compared with .38 in 1904, and
.43 in 1903.
The death-rate for the whole of London was .36, compared with
.49 in 1904.
During the year 1,175 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors
in cases of Measles, 302 in Clapham, 2C2 injPutney, 286 in Streatham,
196 in Tooting, and 216 in Wandsworth.