View report page

8o
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In Clapham, out of a total of 67 cases, 25 or 38.4 per cent.
occurred in children attending school ; in Putney, of 25 cases, 12
or 48 per cent.; in Streatham, of 119 cases, 72 or 60.5 per cent.;
in Tooting, of 61 cases, 29 or 47.5 per cent.; in Wandsworth, of
108 cases, 39 or 36.1 per cent. ; and in the whole Borough, of 380
cases, 177 were in attendance at schools in the Borough, and 10
at schools outside the Borough, a total of 187, or 49.2 per cent.
Of the remaining cases, viz. :—193, in 45 or 11.8 per cent., the
diagnosis was incorrect, and 148 or 39 per cent. were not in
attendance at school.
From the above percentages it would appear that school
infection played a more important part than it did in 1908 when
the percentage of children in attendance at school affected was
only 40, compared with 49.2 in 1909, and not in attendance 50.6
compared with 39.
An examination of the Table shows, however, that in Clapham
and Putney the number of cases in each school was small,
and that they occurred at irregular intervals throughout the year.
In Streatham, Eardley Road School had a sequence of cases
in the first four months of the year, and Hearnville Road School
had five cases in the month of July and four in November.
In Tooting, Franciscan Road School was chiefly affected, but
only 11 cases occurred during the year chiefly in the last three
months, while in Wandsworth there was no sequence of cases in.
any of the schools.
Of the total cases notified 45 were incorrectly diagnosed, compared
with 54 in 1908, leaving a total of 335, compared with 527
in 1908, and 585 in 1907.
17 cases were notified among children attending private
schools, compared with 11 in 1908, and 21 in 1907.