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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has been
a decrease in the number of cases of Small-pox, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever, Continued Fever, and Erysipelas, and an increase
in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever and Puerperal Fever.
The total number of cases notified was 2,270 (360 in Clapham,
168 in Putney, 592 in Streatham, 501 in Tooting, and 649 in
Wandsworth), compared with 2,030 in 1906, 2,211 in 1905, and
1,540 in 1904.
The total number of cases notified per 1,000 persons living
was 6.97, compared with 6.42 in 1906, 7.5 in 1905, and 5.8 in 1904.
The rates in the sub-districts were as follows:—in Clapham
5.34, compared with 5.36 in 1906, 6.2 in 1905, and 4.05 in 1904;
Putney 5.57, compared with 3.3, 3.2, and 4.2; Streatham 6.oo,
compared with 5.3, 5.4, and 5.4; Tooting 15.45, compared with
10.2, 10.5, and 6.9; and Wandsworth 6.77, compared with 7.4,
11.3, and 8.1.
In the County of London this rate was 8.72, compared with
7.5 in 1906, 7.0 in 1905, and 6.0 in 1904.
In Public Institutions within the Borough six cases of Erysipelas,
seven of Scarlet Fever, three of Diphtheria, and one of
Puerperal Fever were notified from the Workhouse; three cases
of Erysipelas from the Middlesex County Asylum; 14 cases of
Scarlet Fever from the Tooting Bec Asylum; one case of Scarlet
Fever from the Fountain Fever Hospital; 32 cases of Scarlet
Fever, 19 of Diphtheria, and two of Erysipelas from the Grove
Fever Hospital; three cases of Enteric Fever and two of Erysipelas
from the Prison; one case of Scarlet Fever, 14 of Diphtheria
and two of Erysipelas from the Intermediate Schools; and one
case of Scarlet Fever from the Royal Patriotic Asylum; a total of
111, compared with 88 in 1906, 94 in 1905, and 69 in 1904.
The increase in 1907 is chiefly due to the number of cases of
Diphtheria notified from the Intermediate Schools, and the increase
in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever from the Grove
Hospital.