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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health. The number of dwellings in each sub-district and the whole Borough in which multiple cases occurred is shown in the following Table. TABLE XXXII.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health. The number of dwellings in each sub-district and the whole Borough in which multiple cases occurred is shown in the following Table. TABLE XXXII.

Sub-Districts.One case.Two cases.Three cases.Four cases.Five cases and upwards.Total houses invaded.
Clapham4931...2*55
Putney262i...29
Streatham9686...1*111
Tooting12217513*148
Wandsworth18824341220
Whole Borough481541657563

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* In Clapham 11 cases occurred in one house.
In Streatham 10 cases occurred in an institution.
In Tooting 14 cases occurred in the Fever Hospital; and 12 in the Fountain
Asylum.
Of the 563 houses invaded, multiple cases occurred in 82, or
14.5 per cent., an increase of 2.1 per cent, compared with 1914.
22 of the Elementary Schools, four in Clapham, three in Putney,
eight in Streatham, and seven in Wandsworth, remained free from
Diphtheria during the year, compared with 20 schools in 1914.
In six schools, viz.Ensham Street, Fountain Road, Furzedown
Demonstration, Sellincourt Road, Swaffield Road and Roman
Catholic, Undine Street, it was necessary to have swabs taken
from the throats of the children. In Swaffield Road School many
swabs were taken at various times and seven cases were thus
discovered. In Undine Street School four positive cases, and one
each at Fountain Road, Furzedown Demonstration and Sellincourt
Road were also discovered in the same way.
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