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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 all the notifiable diseases
with the exception of Scarlet Fever, which shows a slight increase.
The total number of cases notified was 2,095 (375 in Clapham,
119 in Putney, 449 in Streatham, 362 in Tooting, and 790 in
Wandsworth), compared with 2,270 in 1907, 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 in 1907, 6.42 in 1906, and 7.5 in
1905.
The rates in the sub-districts were as follows:—In Clapham
5.50, compared with 5.34 in 1907, 5.36 in 1906, and 6.2 in 1905;
Putney 3.85, compared with 5.57, 3.3, and 3.2; Streatham 4.36,
compared with 6.00, 5.3, and 5.4; Tooting 10.83, compared with
15.45, 10.2, and 10.5; and Wandsworth 7.89, compared with 6.77,
7.4, and 11.3.
In the County of London this rate was 7.50, compared with
8.72 in 1907, 7.5 in 1906, and 7.0 in 1905.
In Public Institutions within the Borough two cases of
Erysipelas were notified from the Workhouse; one case of
Erysipelas from the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum; two
cases of Scarlet Fever and two of Diphtheria from the Fountain
Fever Hospital; 19 cases of Scarlet Fever and 19 of Diphtheria
from the Grove Fever Hospital; one case of Enteric Fever, one of
Scarlet Fever, and one of Erysipelas from the Prison; and one of
Scarlet Fever and one of Diphtheria from the Intermediate
Schools; a total of 50, compared with 111 in 1907, 88 in 1906, and
94 in 1905.
The number of cases notified from these Institutions during
the year thus show a satisfactory decrease.
From Institutions outside the Borough of persons belonging
to the Borough notifications of infectious diseases were received
as shown in the following Table.