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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 45

No cases of Small-pox were notified during the year, none in
1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, or 1911, one in 1905, six in 1904, 28 in
1903 and 127 in 1902.
833 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified, compared with 869
in 1911, 687 in 1910, and 987 in 1909; of Diphtheria 431, compared
with 510, 284 and 380; of Enteric Fever 71, compared with 58, 54 and
66; of Puerperal Fever 27, compared with 24, 20 and 26; and of
Erysipelas 207, compared with 202, 182 and 192.
Compared with 1911 there has been a decrease in the number
of cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Continued Fever and Cerebrospinal
Meningitis, and a slight increase in the number of cases of
Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever and Enteric Fever.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has been
a decrease in the number of cases of all the notifiable diseases with
the exception of Continued Fever, Puerperal Fever and Cerebrospinal
Meningitis, which show a slight increase.
The total number of cases notified was 1,614 (285 in Clapham,
146 in Putney, 402 in Streatham, 305 in Tooting, and 476 in Wandsworth),
compared with 1,949 in 1911,1,232 in 1910, and 1,657 1909.
The next Table shows the rate per 1,000 persons living in the
Borough, in the separate sub-districts, and for the whole of London
for the year and for the previous ten years.