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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Measles.
The total number of deaths from the above disease was 65,
26 of males and 39 of females, compared with 89 in 1905, and
104 in 1904.
14 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, five in Putney, 18 in
Streatham, nine in Tooting, and 19 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is 24 less than in 1905, and is 55.6
under the corrected decennial average.
16 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 45 from one
to five years, three from five to 15 years, and one from 25 to 65
years.
The death-rate was .21 per 1,000, compared with .31 in 1905,
.38 in 1904, and .43 in 1903.
The death-rate for the whole of London was .40, compared
with .36 in 1905; for England and Wales .27; and for the 76
Great Towns .40 per 1,000.
During the year 1,271 visits were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors in cases of Measles, 221 in Clapham, 82 in Putney,
360 in Streatham, 158 in Tooting, and 450 in Wandsworth.
The next Table shows the number of premises disinfected
after Measles in each sub-district for each month of the year.
The total number of premises disinfected was 902, 149 in
Clapham, 55 in Putney, 263 in Streatham, 128 in Tooting, and
307 in Wandsworth, compared with 798 in 1905, and 1,115 in
1904.
The greatest number of disinfections was carried out in
January due to a slight outbreak in Tooting. In June and July
there was a slight increase owing to cases in Wandsworth in June
and in Streatham in July. In the last four months of the year the
number of disinfections was small as there were very few cases
of the disease in any part of the Borough.