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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Whooping Cough.
68 deaths were registered during the year, 37 of males and
31 of females, an increase of one compared with 1909, but a
decrease of 13 compared with the decennial average. Nine of the
deaths occurred in Clapham, eight in Putney, 16 in Streatham,
nine in Tooting, and 26 in Wandsworth.
30 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 37 of children
from one to five years, and one from five to 15 years.
The death-rate was .20 per 1,000, compared with .19 in 1909,
and '27 for the whole of London in 1910.
This disease was slightly more fatal in London and in this
Borough in the year 1910 than in the two previous years. In the
sub-districts of Clapham, Streatham and Wandsworth it was.
slightly more prevalent than in the other two sub-districts.
The number of cases notified from schools was 919, compared
with 538 in 1909, 612 in 1908, 255 of these being from
schools in the sub-district of Wandsworth, the schools chiefly
affected in that sub-district being Southfield and Swaffield Road,
and Streatham, where the schools chiefly affected were Oldridge
Road and Mitcham Lane.
There were also 201 cases notified from schools in Clapham
the schools chiefly affected having been Telferscot Road and
Cavendish Road.
In Putney the school chiefly affected was Hotham Road, and
in Tooting, Franciscan Road and Fountain Road.
The greatest mortality from Measles and Whooping Cough
occurs among children under five years of age. Of the 112 deaths
that occurred from these diseases, 108 or 96.4 per cent. were
deaths of children under five years.