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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Six of the cases (one in Putney, one in Streatham, one in
Tooting, and three in Wandsworth), or 42 per cent, were fatal,
compared with 40 per cent, in 1907, 44 per cent, in 1906, and 44.4
per cent, in 1905.
Six of the cases were removed to the Union Infirmary, where
four died.
The death-rate was .018 per 1,000, compared with .031 in
1907, and .035 in 1906.
The case-rate per 1,000 births was 1.9, compared with 3.5 in
1907, and for the whole of London 1.8, compared with 2.1.
Two nurses had free baths, and of the others, two came from
Fulham, two were district or surgical nurses, and the remainder
had baths at their own homes.
In four cases the personal clothing of the nurse was
disinfected.
Erysipelas.
203 cases of Erysipelas were notified during the year and six
deaths occurred. 36 of the cases and two of the deaths occurred
in Clapham, seven cases and one death in Putney, 27 cases and
one death in Streatham, 43 cases and one death in Tooting, and
90 cases and one death in Wandsworth.
In 1907, the number of cases notified was 210 and the
-deaths 10.
22 of the cases were removed to the Union Infirmary where
two deaths occurred.
Measles.
During the year 45 deaths, 24 of males and 21 of females,
were due to Measles, compared with 68 in 1907, 65 in 1906, 89 in
11905, and 104 in 1904.