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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has
been a decrease in the number of cases of all the notifiable
diseases with the exception of Puerperal Fever and Cerebro-spinal
Meningitis, which show a slight increase.
The total number of cases notified was 1,232 (195 in Clapham,
80 in Putney, 341 in Streatham, 205 in Tooting, and 411 in
Wandsworth), compared with 1,657 in 1909, 2,095 in 1908, 2,270
in 1907, 2,030 in 1906, 2,211 in 1905, and 1,540 in 1904.
The total number of cases notified per 1,000 persons living
was 3'58, compared with 4.8 in 1909, 6.97 in 1908, 6.97 in 1907,
6.42 in 1906, and 7.5 in 1905.
The rates in the sub-districts were as follows :—In Clapham
2.80, compared with 4.68 in 1909, 5.50 in 1908, 5.34 in 1907, 5.36
in 1906, and 6.2 in 1905; Putney 2.51, compared with 2.72 in 1909,
3.85, 5.57, 3.3, and 3.2; Streatham 3.12, compared with 4.94 in,
1909, 4.36, 6.00, 5.3, and 5.4; Tooting 6.21, compared with 7.22 in
1909, 10.83, 15.45, 10.2 and 10.5 and Wandsworth 4.10, compared
with 4.55 in 1909, 7.89, 6.77, 7.4, and 11.3.
In the County of London this rate was 4.2, compared with
6.12 in 1909, 7.50 in 1908, 8.72 in 1907, 7.5 in 1906, and 7.0 in
1905.
In Public Institutions within the Borough four cases of
Erysipelas were notified from the Middlesex County Asylum; 17
cases of Scarlet Fever, nine cases of Diphtheria, one case of
Enteric Fever and two cases of Erysipelas from the Grove Hospital;
two cases of Scarlet Fever from Fountain Hospital; twocases
of Scarlet Fever from the Intermediate Schools ; four cases
of Erysipelas from Tooting Home; and four cases of Enteric
Fever from H.M. Prison.
The following Table shows the number of notifications of infectious
diseases received from Institutions oulside the Borough.