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Report of the Medical Officer of Health, 131
Of the 95 certificates from Superintending Officers in the
Wandsworth Union, 52 were received from the Union Infirmary
and 43 from the Tooting Home.
The 117 certificates received related to 108 cases, nine cases
having been notified twice.
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19 cases were notified as having gone to addresses in Clapham,
eight to Putney, 17 to Streatham, 15 to Tooting, and 49 to Wandsworth.
Two cases in Streatham and eight in Wandsworth were
discharged to Common Lodging Houses.
Notification of Cases under Tuberculosis in Hospitals
Regulations, 1911.
The above regulations came into force on the 1st May, 1911,
and applied to all hospitals, dispensaries, or similar Institutions
for the treatment of the sick which is partially or wholly supported
otherwise than by the contributions of the persons treated therein
or of their relatives or guardians, and otherwise than from rates
and taxes.
In the year 1909, 1910, and up to the 1st May, 1911, however,
several notifications had been received from hospitals, chiefly the
Brompton Hospital, but such notifications were purely voluntary.
During the eight months from the 1st May to the end of the
year, 197 cases were notified, 47 relating to persons residing in
Clapham, 16 in Putney, 41 in Streatham, 75 in Tooting, and 114 in
Wandsworth. Up to the 1st May, eight cases were notified
voluntarily making a total of 205 cases which came under the
observation of this department.
Of the 197 cases, one was under one year, two from one to
five years, 17 from five to 15 years, 59 from 15 to 25 years, 95 from
25 to 45 years, 21 from 45 to 65 years, and two over 65 years.