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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
24 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 20 of children
from one and under two years, and nine from two and under five
years.
The death-rate was .16 per 1,000, compared with .07 in 1913,
.15 in 1912, .21 in 1911, and .20 for the whole of London in 1914.
The disease was more prevalent in London, and in this Borough
in the year 1914 than in the previous year. In the sub-districts
of Streatham, Tooting and Wandsworth, it was more prevalent
than in the other sub-districts.
The number of cases notified from schools was 842, compared
with 496 in 1913, 1,014 in 1912, and 565 in 1911, 300 of these being
from schools in the sub-district of Wandsworth, the schools chiefly
affected in that sub-district being Riversdale, Brandlehow Road,
Merton Road, St. Michael's, Southfield, and Warple Way.
There were also 201 cases notified from schools in Tooting, the
schools chiefly affected having been Franciscan Road, Tooting
Graveney, Fountain Road, Sellincourt Road, and Derinton Road.
The greatest mortality from Whooping Cough occurs among
children under five years of age. Of the 53 deaths that occurred
from this disease, all were of children under five years.
60 cases, three from Clapham, one from Putney, 16 from
Streatham, 39 from Tooting, and one from Wandsworth, were
removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. No
deaths occurred among these cases.
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 866 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors
in cases of Whooping Cough, 100 in Clapham, 28 in Putney, 201
in Streatham, 218 in Tooting, and 319 in Wandsworth.