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Wandsworth 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XI,—continued.

TABLE XI,—continued.

SCHOOLS.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Totals.
Brought forward132133121551476101750203
WANDSWORTH.
All Saints'............1......2............3
Brandlehow Road1......1...1111...2215
Earlsfield1122............1.........7
Eltringham Street.........1........................1
Frogmore..................1...............1
Garratt Lane......1..................21...4
Merton Road1...............2...1...116
St. Ann's.....................11.........2
St. Faith's.........1........................2
St. Joseph's1...........................1...2
St. Thomas's..............................1...1
Southfields1.........1...1...213111
Swaffield Road2...111...1...1......18
Waldron Road...2..............................3
Wandle2...111.........12......8
Warple Way...1...............1............2
West Hill...1.....................1259
Private Schools..............................3...3
Total95574365812141088
Grand Total22263819198201214223160291
Schools outside Borough1...231...3142...118
No Schools271926243224141919252423276
Incorrect diagnosis......232286267644
Total5o4568495434453839556290629

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In Clapham, out of a total of 79 cases, 39 or 49 per cent.
occurred in children attending schools in the Borough; in
Putney, of 65 cases, 37 or 57 per cent.; in Streatham, of 157 cases,
78 or 49 per cent.; in Tooting, of 138 cases, 47 or 34 per cent.; in
Wandsworth, of 190 cases, 88 or 46 per cent.; and in the whole
Borough, of 629 cases, 291 were in attendance at schools in the
Borough, and 18 at schools outside the Borough, a total of 309,
or 49 per cent.
Of the remaining cases, viz.:-320, in 44 or 7 per cent., the
diagnosis was incorrect, and 276 or 44 per cent. were not in
attendance at school.