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94 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
There were also 70 cases notified from schools in Clapham.
the schools chiefly affected having been New Park Road and
St. Andrew's Street.
In Putney the school chiefly affected was All Saints', and in
Tooting, Franciscan Road and Tooting Graveney.
The greatest mortality from Whooping Cough occurs among
children under five years of age. Of the 66 deaths that occurred
from this disease, 64 or 97 per cent. were deaths of children under
five years.
The pamphlet, published in last year's Report, was left at
every house where a case of Whooping Cough had been notified
from school, and also in all other known cases.
During the year 446 visits were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors in cases of Whooping Cough, 37 in Clapham, 3S in Putney,
121 in Streatham, 91 in Tooting, and 159 in Wandsworth.
Other Diseases Notified from Schools.
In addition to the 3,617 cases of Measles and 565 of Whooping
Cough notified by the teachers of elementary schools, there were
also notified 591 cases of Chicken-pox, 674 of Mumps, 412 of Ringworm,
76 of German Measles, 68 of inflammation of eyes, 52 of
suspicious sore throat, and 118 of other diseases.
No action is at present taken by the Sanitary Authority after
notification of these diseases, although all the cases of suspicious
sore throats were visited, so as to exclude the possibility of any of
the cases being Diphtheria.
In one of the schools in Clapham several cases of Impetigo
occurred, and these were excluded until they had recovered.
Chicken-pox was most prevalent in Streatham and Wandsworth,
Mumps in Clapham and Streatham, and Ringworm in Streatham
and Wandsworth.