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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Chart facing this page shows the number of cases notified
in each week during the year.
The greatest number, viz.—49, was notified in the third week
of October, and the smallest, viz.—nine, in the third week of
August
Of the total number of cases notified, viz.—1,309, 10 or .76 per
cent, were under one year, compared with 11, or .77 per cent,
in 1914; 262 or 20.1 per cent, were from one and under five years,
compared with 258 or 18.2 per cent.; 853 or 65.1 per cent. from
five and under 15 years, compared with 910 or 64.2 per cent.;
121 or 9.2 per cent. from 15 and under 25 years, compared with
154 or 10.9 per cent.; and 63 or 4.8 per cent, from 25 and under 65
years, compared with 84 or 5.9 per cent.
The number of dwellings in each sub-district and in the whole
Borough in which multiple cases occurred is shown in the following
Table.

*In Clapham 12 Cases occurred in an Institution.
In Tooting 12 Cases occurred in the Fever Hospital, and 22 cases in the Fountain
Temporary Asylum.
Of the 990 houses invaded, multiple cases occurred in 190, or
19.1 per cent., compared with 147 per cent, in 1914.