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Report of the Medical Officer or Health.
12 of the cases were removed to the Union Infirmary and
four of these proved fatal.
The death-rate was "031 per 1,000, compared with "035 in
1906, and '028 in 1905.
The case-rate per 1,000 births was 3'5, while for the whole of
London this rate was 2.1
In every case a copy of the Regulations published in the
Report for 1906 was given to the nurse in attendance, or who had
been in attendance before removal of the patient to the Infirmary,
and in all the cases the necessary disinfection was carried out.
Eleven nurses had free baths at the Disinfecting Station,
Tooting.
Erysipelas.
210 cases of Erysipelas were notified during the year and 10
deaths occurred. 56 of the cases and four of the deaths occurred
in Clapham, 15 cases and two deaths in Putney, 37 cases and one
death in Streatham, 31 cases and one death in Tooting, and 74
cases and two deaths in Wandsworth.
In 1906, the number of cases notified was 273 and the
deaths 10.
22 of the cases were removed to the Union Infirmary where
two deaths occurred.
Measles.
During the year 68 deaths, 41 of males and 27 of females,
were due to Measles, compared with 65 in 1906, 89 in 1905, and
104 in 1904.
15 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 11 in Putney, nine in
Streatham, 13 in Tooting, and 20 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is three more than in 1906, but is 38'7
under the corrected decennial average.