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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 Puerperal Fever, which shows a
•decided increase.
The total number of cases notified was 1,657 (322 in lapham,
86 in Putney, 533 in Streatham, 248 in Tooting, and 468 in
Wandsworth), compared with 2,095 in 1908, 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 4.8, compared with 6.97 in 1908, 6.7 in 1907, 6.42 in 1906,
and 7.5 in 1905.
.The rates in the sub-districts were as follows :—In Clapham
4.68, compared with 5.50 in 1908, 5.34 in 1907, 5.36 in 1906, and
6.2 in 1905; Putney 2.2, compared with 3.85, 5.57, 3.3, and 3.2;
Streatham 4.94, compared with 4.36, 6.00, 5.3, and 5.4; Tooting
7.22, compared with 10.83, 15.45, 10.2, and 10.5; and Wandsworth
4.55, compared with 7.89, 6.77, 7.4, and 11.3
In the County of London this rate was 6'12, compared with
7.50 in 1908, 8.72 in 1907, 7.5 in 1906, and 7.0 in 1905.
In Public Institutions within the Borough two cases of Diphtheria
and one of Erysipelas were notified from the Workhouse ;
one case of Erysipelas from the Middlesex County Asylum; 31
cases of Scarlet Fever and 16 of Diphtheria from the Grove Fever
Hospital; one case of Diphtheria from the Intermediate Schools;
seven cases of Scarlet Fever, one of Diphtheria, and two of
Erysipelas from Tooting Bee Asylum; one case of Erysipelas
from the Tooting Home; and two cases of Scarlet Fever from
Dr. Barnardo's Home.