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142 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
wrong addresses had been given. Three in Wandsworth weredischarged
to Common Lodging-Houses, one discharged from
Swansea to Wandsworth was taken ill on the way, and is now
in Pontypridd Infirmary, one discharged from Willesden comes toWandsworth
at intervals for a few days, and then returns to
Willesden Infirmary.
Many of the cases notified from Tooting Home at the
beginning of the year could not be traced, as at the addresses
given they were not known, some of them having been in that
Institution for some time.
32 of the cases allocated to Tooting were notified from
Leavesden Asylum as having been received from Tooting Bec
Asylum, no home address being given.
During the year 74 cases of Phthisis were voluntarily notified
by medical practitioners, 18 belonging to Clapham, eight to
Putney, four to Streatham, seven to Tooting, and 37 to Wandsworth,
compared with 85 in 1908, 49 in 1907, 74 in 1906, and 104
in 1905.
Of the 74 cases notified, 39 were notified from the Brompton
Hospital, four from Military Hospitals, four from Margaret Street
Hospital, and 27 were notified by private practitioners.
At the close of the year 1909 there were 70 cases still on the
register, but five of these became Poor Law cases in 1909, and
are included in the number given as such cases.
22 of the cases died, six of these having been notified in 1908
and one in 1906.