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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Bacteriological Examination of Sputum.
436 examinations of sputum were made at the Lister Institute:
50 from Clapham, 26 from Putney, 130 from Streatham, 51 from
Tooting, and 179 from Wandsworth.
In 118 of the cases it was reported that the bacillus had been
found, and in 318 that it was absent.
Other Infective Diseases.
21 deaths were caused by other Infective diseases, two in Clapham,
one in Putney, four in Streatham, five in Tooting, and nine
in Wandsworth.
Eight of these were under one year, two from two and under
five years, two from five and under 15 years, one from 15 and
under 25 years, three from 25 and under 45 years, four from 45
and under 65 years, and one over 65 years.
Of these 10 were stated to have been due to Syphilis, six to
Septicæmia, one to Tetanus, three to Actinomycosis of Lung, and
one to Glanders and Farcy.
The case of Glanders and Farcy died in Brecknock Infirmary,
the man having been an attendant on horses in a travelling menagerie.
With regard to the number of deaths from Syphilis, eight
were Congenital Syphilis, and two were of adults from Tertiary
Syphilis. 17 deaths were caused by Syphilis in 1912, and 13 in 1911.
The number of deaths from this disease, however, give little information
as to the general prevalence of venereal diseases among the
community, as it is more than probable that a considerable number
of the deaths of infants from Congenital Debility and Marasmus
is due to this cause.