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100 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XLIV.
Month.
Clapham.
Putney.
Streatham.
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
Whole
Borough.
January
24
...
73
18
42
157
February
26
2
24
9
44
105
March
23
...
22
54
82
181
April
28
1
27
65
54
175
May
10
...
28
41
25
104
June
5
4
50
16
58
133
July
9
14
15
4
20
62
August
...
3
1
...
1
5
September
2
6
1
...
2
11
October
...
7
...
1
22
30
November
10
1
...
...
4
15
December
7
15
...
...
12
34
Total
144
53
241
208
366
1,012
Table XLV. shows the number of cases of Measles and other
non-notifiable diseases notified by the teachers in the elementary
schools in the Borough.
In all 4,342 cases were notified, compared with 3,753 in 1908,
4,079 in 1907, 3,810 in 1906, and 3,352 in 1905.
1,670 of these were cases of Measles, 899 of Chicken-pox, 538
of Whooping Cough, 645 of Mumps, and 590 of Ringworm.
There was an increase in the number of cases of Chicken-pox,
Mumps and Ringworm, compared with 1908, but a decrease in the
number of cases of Measles and Whooping Cough.
With regard to Measles, 243 cases were notified from schools
in Clapham, 82 in Putney, 408 in Streatham, 323 in Tooting, and
614 in Wandsworth.
The schools chiefly affected were : in Clapham, Larkhall Lane
and Bonneville Road; in Putney, Hotham Road; in Streatham,
Oldridge Road, Smallwood Road and Hearnville Road; in
Tooting, Franciscan Road, Fountain Road and Sellincourt Road;
and in Wandsworth, Southfield, Brandlehow Road, Eltringham
Street and Garratt Lane.