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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
There were also 192 cases notified from schools in Clapham
the schools chiefly affected having been Bonneville Road and
Telferscot Road.
In Putney the school chiefly affected was Hotham Road;
and in Tooting, Tooting Graveney and Fountain Road.
The greatest mortality from Whooping Cough occurs among
children under five years of age. Of the 57 deaths that occurred
from this disease, 57 or 100 per cent, were deaths of children under
five years.
The pamphlet, published in the Report for 1910, 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 1,075 visits were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors in cases of Whooping Cough, 170 in Clapham, 38 in
Putney, 255 in Streatham, 190 in Tooting, and 422 in Wandsworth.
Other Diseases notified from Schools.
In addition to the 1,095 cases of Measles and 1,014 of Whooping
Cough notified by the teachers of elementary schools there were
also notified 763 cases of Chicken-pox, 551 of Mumps, 379 of Ringworm,
16 of German Measles, 97 of inflammation of eyes, 81 of
suspicious sore throat, 28 of Impetigo, 24 of Eczema, and 67 of
other diseases.
No action is at present taken by the Sanitary Authority after
notification of these diseases, although all cases of suspicious
sore throats are visited, so as to exclude the possibility of any of
the cases being Diphtheria.
Chicken-pox was most prevalent in Streatham and Wandsworth,
Mumps in Putney and Wandsworth, and Ringworm in
Streatham and Wandsworth.