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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
Wandsworth
17.7
15.6
15.0
15.7
15.9
15.3
14.6
18.0
22.4
23.4
Metropolis ...
27.7
25.8
24.1
21.3
20.7
19.1
18.9
21.2
22.7
...
Rest of England
15.4
13.9
11.2
10.0
9.1
8.7
8.6
9.5
10.3
...
The above Table shows that in Wandsworth this percentage
is higher than it has been for the last 10 years.
The above percentages do not include those children with
respect to which conscientious objection certificates were received,
and if this be added it makes the percentage of unvaccinated
children in the Borough 31.4, a very large increase compared with
former years.
Scarlet Fever.
987 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified during the year,
compared with 1,232 in 1908, 1,330 in 1907, 1,069 in 1906, and
1,494 in 1905.
189 of these were in Clapham, 39 in Putney, 360 in Streatham,
126 in Tooting, and 273 in Wandsworth.
810 or 82 per cent. of these cases were removed to the hospital
where 13 died, and 177 or 18 per cent, were treated at home
with one death.
The total number of deaths was 14, of which four were in
Clapham, none in Putney, five in Streatham, two in Tooting, and
three in Wandsworth.
The percentage of cases removed to hospital, viz.: 82, is
lower than in 1908, which was the highest recorded. In 1907,
84.8 per cent, were removed; in 1906, 83.8; in 1905, 84.1 ; in 1904,.
81.6; in 1903, 78.1; in 1902, 75; and in 1901, 706 per cent.