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92 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
cases provided the Medical Officer of Health certified that the home
conditions were such that the case could not be satisfactorily
treated at home. When future outbreaks occur it is to be hoped
that more parents will take advantage of this, as it will tend to
prevent the occurrence of multiple cases, and the cases will also be
afforded more satisfactory treatment.
During the year 2,164 visits were made in cases of this disease,
(compared with 1,802 in 1912), 327 in Clapham, 145 in Putney,
680 in Streatham, 447 in Tooting, and 565 in Wandsworth.
Table LII. shows the number of cases of notifiable and nonnotifiable
diseases notified by the teachers of the elementary schools
in the Borough.
In all, 4,907 cases were notified, compared with 4,706 in 1912,
6,785 in 1911, and 4,617 in 1910.
1,434 of these were cases of Measles, 842 of Chicken-pox,.
496 of Whooping Cough, 731 of Mumps, and 355 of Ringworm.
There was an increase in the number of cases of Measles,
Chicken.pox and Mumps, and a decrease in the number of cases of
Whooping Cough and Ringworm.
With regard to Measles, 241 cases were notified from schools
in Clapham, 74 in Putney, 389 in Streatham, 273 in Tooting, and
457 in Wandsworth.
The schools chiefly affected were, in Clapham, Bonneville Road,
Haselrigge Road, Telferscot Road, and St. Andrew's Street; in
Putney, Hotham Road and St. Mary's ; in Streatham, Mitcham
Lane, Broadwater Road, Eardley Read, Oldridge Road, and
Smallwocd Road ; in Tooting, Franciscan Road, Tooting Graveney,
Ensham Street, Fountain Road, and Sellincourt Road ; and in
Wandsworth, the Earlsfield, Waldron Road, Wandle, and
Swaffield Roacl. Very few of the schools were quite free from the
disease, but in a considerable proportion only a few cases occurred.