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Whooping Cough.
57 deaths were registered during the year, 27 of males and
30 of females, a decrease of nine compared with 1911, and of 23
compared with the decennial average. 12 of the deaths occurred
in Clapham, three in Putney, 12 in Streatham, 11 in Tooting, and
19 in Wandsworth.
29 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 17 of children
from one to two years, and 11 from two to five years.
The death-rate was '15 per 1,000, compared with "21 in 1911,
•22 in 1910, '23 in 1909, and '22 for the whole of London in 1912.
This disease, although more prevalent, was slightly less fatal
in London and in this Borough in the year 1912 than in the two
previous years. In the sub-district of Wandsworth it was more
prevalent than in the other sub-districts.
The number of cases notified from schools was 1,014, compared
with 565 in 1911, 919 in 1910, and 538 in 1909, 415 of these
being from schools in the sub-district of Wandsworth, the schools
chiefly affected in that sub-district being Swaffield Road, Brandlehow
Road, Elliott Central and Riversdale, and Streatham, where
the schools chiefly affected were Oldridge Road and Smallwood
Road.