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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
There was a slight increase in the number of cases in Putney
in 1910, compared with 1909, 51 cases having been notified, compared
with 39. The greatest number was notified in September,
viz.; eight, while no cases were notified in June.
In Streatham the total number of cases was 161 less than in
1909. 1 he maximum number of cases was notified in February
and the minimum in May, August and November.
In Tooting, although the number of cases notified per 1,000
of population is still high, yet compared with previous years there
has again been a marked reduction. In 1907, 318 cases were
notified, 47 of these occurring in Institutions; in 1908, 218, 21 in
Institutions; in 1909, 126, 38 of which were in Institutions; and
in 1910, only 100, 19 of which were in Institutions.
In this sub-district the rate of notified cases per 1,000 of
population was 3.03, compared with 3.68 in 1909, and if the cases
in Institutions are deducted, 2.49, compared with 2.74.
The maximum number of cases in Tooting occurred in
March, and the minimum in August.
In Wandsworth there was also a reduction in the number of
eases notified, the rate per 1,000 having fallen from 2.66 to 2.30,
and it is also lower than the rates in 1907 and 1908.
The maximum number of cases occurred in October, and the
minimum in July.
In the Borough the maximum number of cases was notified
in March and October, and the minimum in May.
The following Table shows the number of cases notified in
each sub-district during each month of the year 1910, and for the
whole year.