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Report of the Medical Officer of Health
Streatham was the only sub-district in which the rate was
higher than in 1908, and it will be noted that a great reduction
occurred in Tooting and Wandsworth.
In Clapham the greatest number of cases was notified in May,
and the smallest in February and August.
There was again a decrease in the number of cases in Putney
in 1909, compared with 1908, 39 cases having been notified, compared
with 66. The greatest number was notified in July, viz.;
nine, while no cases were notified in November.
In Streatham the total number of cases was 90 more than in
1908. The maximum number of cases was notified in January and
the minimum in August.
In Tooting, although the number of cases notified per 1,000
of population is still high, yet compared with the previous year
there has been a marked reduction. In 1907, 318 cases were
notified, 47 of these occurring in Institutions, in 1908, 218, 21 in
Institutions; and in 1909 only 126, 38 of which were in Institutions,
were notified.
In this sub-district the rate of notified cases per 1,000 of
population was 3.68, compared with 6.52 in 1908, and if the cases
in Institutions are deducted, 2.74, compared with 6.3.
The maximum number of cases in Tooting occurred in February,
and the minimum in September.
In Wandsworth there was a large reduction in the number of
cases notified, the rate per 1,000 having fallen from 4 45 to 2.66,
and it is also lower than the rates in 1906 and 1907.
The maximum number of cases occurred in February, and the
minimum in December.
In the Borough the maximum number of cases was notified in
January, and the minimum in August.