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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Erysipelas.
207 cases of Erysipelas were notified during the year and
five deaths occurred. 45 of the cases and one of the deaths
occurred in Clapham, eight cases and no death in Putney, 47 cases
and no death in Streatham, 30 cases and no death in Tooting, and
77 cases and four deaths in Wandsworth.
In 191 x the number of cases notified was 202, and the deaths
10.
45 of the cases were removed to the Union Infirmary, where
one died.
fleasles.
During the year 51 deaths, 20 of males and 31 of females,
were due to Measles, compared with 230 in 1911, 44 in 1910, and
108 in 1909.
19 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, two in Putney, four
in Streatham, three in Tooting, and 23 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is 189 less than in 1911, and 59 under
the corrected decennial average.
Seven of the deaths were of infants under one year, 20 from
one to two years, 19 from two to five years, and five from five to
15 years ; 90 per cent, of the deaths having occurred under five
years of age.
The death-rate was "i6 per 1,000, compared with 74 in 1911,
.14 in 1910, and '37 in 1909.
The death-rate for the whole of London was .40, compared
with .56 in 1911, for England and Wales .35, and for the 95 Great
Towns .47, for the 146 smaller towns .35, and for England and
Wales, less the 241 towns, .20 per 1,000.