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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Polio-Myelitis and Ophthalmia Neonatorum, and a decrease in'the
number of cases of Scarlet Fever, Erysipelas and Puerperal Fever.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has been
an increase in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Polio-Myelitis and Ophthalmia Neonatorum
; and a decrease in the number of cases of Enteric Fever,
Continued Fever, Erysipelas, and Puerperal Fever.
The total number of cases notified was 2,581 (372 in Clapham,
140 in Putney, 555 in Streatham, 615 in Tooting, and 899 in Wandsworth),
compared with 2,338 in 1914, 1,748 in 1913, and 1,614 *n
1912. The increase over 1914 was due to a large extent owing to
the fact that Chicken-pox was made notifiable for three months,
191 cases being notified during that period.
Vaccination.
Table XXVI. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1914. It
shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the whole
Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts. Streatham,
Balham and Tooting are included under the heading of Streatham.