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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
85
The death-rate for the whole of London was .56 compared
with .40 in 1910, for England and Wales .36, and for the 77 Great
Towns .47 per 1,000.
For the past 10 years Measles has been of a comparatively
mild type, and with the exception of the years 1903, 1904, and 1909,
the number of deaths did not exceed 100. At the close of 1910 it
was observed that the number of cases was increasing, especially
in Clapham and Putney. In the latter sub-district the outbreak
did not become extensive, the total number of cases notified from
schools amounting only to 74.
In the other sub-districts, however, the number of cases
increased rapidly and for the first four months of the year thesanitary
staff was exceptionally busy in visiting the houses in
which cases occurred, as will be seen from the statement of the
number of these visits made.
During the year 4,136 visits were made in cases of this
disease (compared with only 957 in 1910), 571 in Clapham, 99 in
Putney, 1,152 in Streatham, 781 in Tooting, and 1,593 in Wandsworth.
Table XLVIII. shows the number of cases of notifiable and
non-notifiable diseases notified by the teachers of the elementary
schools in the Borough.
In all, 6,785 cases were notified, compared with 4,617 in 1910,
and 4,342 in 1909.
3,617 of these were cases of Measles, 591 of Chicken-pox, 565
of Whooping Cough, 674 of Mumps, and 412 of Ringworm.
There was a large increase in the number of cases of Measles,
and a decrease in the number of cases of Chicken-pox, Whooping
Cough, Mumps and Ringworm.
With regard to Measles, 534 cases were notified from
schools in Clapham, 74 in Putney, 983 in Streatham, 573 in
Tooting, and 1,453 in Wandsworth.