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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| School. | Diseases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringjvorm | Total. | |
| Brought forward | 885 | 334 | 502 | 141 | 221 | 2,083 |
| Tooting— Ensham Street | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Fountain Road | 14 | 9 | 42 | 18 | i | 84 |
| Franciscan Road | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Sellincourt Road | 118 | 22 | 7 | 3 | ii | 161 |
| Tooting Graveney ... | 69 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 2S | 173 |
| Undine Street R.C. ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Total | 214 | 92 | 66 | 3° | 41 | 443 |
| Wandsworth— All Saints' | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Frogmore | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 8 |
| Garratt Lane | 20 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 91 | |
| Merton Road | 45 | 14 | 16 | ... | 22 | 97 |
| St. Faith's | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 |
| St. Joseph's | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 24 | |
| Southfields | 176 | 73 | 121 | 1 | 43 | 414 |
| Swaffield Road | 42 | 118 | 82 | 112 | 14 | 368 |
| Waldron Road | 76 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 98 |
| Wandle | 13 | 28 | 67 | 6 | 25 | 139 |
| Warple Way | 20 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 52 |
| West Hill | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| Total | 503 | 309 | 362 | 201 | 178 | 1.553 |
| Grand Total | 1,602 | 735 | 930 | 372 | 440 | 4,079 |
Whooping- Cough.
105 deaths were registered during the year, 53 of males and
52 of females, an increase of 50 compared with 1906, and 22'7
compared with the decennial average. 17 of the deaths occurred
in Clapham, five in Putney, 28 in Streatham, 20 in Tooting, and
35 in Wandsworth.
48 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 53 of children
from one to five years, and four from five to 15 years.