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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(4.) Cavendish Road School. Two rooms disinfected on
account of Measles and Whooping- Cough on the 29th
July-
(5.) Smalhvood Road School, Girls' Department. One room
disinfected on account of Scarlet Fever on the 24th
September.
(6.) Immanuel School, Infants' Department. Three rooms
disinfected on account of Diphtheria on the 3rd October.
(7.) SmallWood Road School, Infants' Department. Two
rooms disinfected on account of Measles on the 21st
October.
(8.) Waldron Road School. Two rooms disinfected on
account of Measles on the 12th November.
(9.) Franciscan Road School. Three rooms disinfected on
account of Scarlet Fever on the 17th November.
(10.) Ensham Street School. Three rooms disinfected on
account of Scarlet Fever on the 25th November.
(11.) Immanuel School. Four rooms disinfected after Diphtheria
on the 1 st December.
Epidemic Influenza
82 deaths, 30 of males and 52 of females, were due to this
disease, compared with 88 in 1907, 70 in 1906, and 41 in 1905.
There has thus been a decrease of six deaths compared with the
previous year, and of 10.9 compared with the corrected decennial
average.
14 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, eight in Putney, 31 in
Streatham, seven in Tooting, and 22 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate was .25 per 1,000, compared with .27 in 1907,
.22 in 1906, and .14 in 1905.