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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
22 cases were notified as having gone to addresses in Clapham,
two in Putney, 21 in Streatham, 10 in Tooting, and 31 in
Wandsworth. One in Wandsworth was discharged to a Common
Lodging-House, and one discharged from Willesden comes to
Wandsworth at intervals for a few days, and then returns to
Willesden Infirmary.
19 of the cases allocated to Tooting were notified from
Leavesden Asylum as having been received from Tooting Bee
Asylum, no home address being given.
The next Table shows the number of cases notified voluntarily
by medical practitioners in the Borough.
During the year 75 cases of Phthisis were voluntarily notified,
11 belonging to Clapham, seven to Putney, 10 to Streatham, 11 to
Tooting, and 36 to Wandsworth, compared with 74 in 1909, 85 in
1908, 49 in 1907, 74 in 1906, and 104 in 1905.
Of the 75 cases notified, 29 were notified from the Brompton
Hospital, one from a Military Hospital, three from Westminster
Hospital, and 42 were notified by private practitioners.
At the close of the year 1910, there were 81 peases still on the
register, but one case notified in 1904, and four cases notified in
1908, have since become Poor Law cases, leaving 76 cases notified
by private practitioners still under observation.
28 of the cases died, one of these having been notified in
1908, 16 in 1909, and 11 in 1910.