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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the total number of cases of Diphtheria, eight or 1.1 per
cent, occurred among children under one year, 184 or 25.4 per cent,
among children from one and under five years, 419 or 57.9 per cent,
from five and under 15 years, 67 or 9*2 per cent, from 15 and under
25 years, and 45 or 6.2 per cent, from 25 and under 65 years. Compared
with the previous year there has been an increase at all these
age groups.
Of the 642 cases of Diphtheria removed to Hospital, 51 were
reported not to have suffered from Diphtheria.
As will be observed from the number of cases notified,
Diphtheria was more prevalent during the year 1915, than in the
five previous years, and this prevalence was general in London as
a whole. The mortality although slightly lower than in 1914, was
higher than in the previous five years with the exception of 1909.
Return Cases oS Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
77 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred after the return of cases
from the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, compared
with 51 in 1914, 45 in 1913, and 39 in 1912.
There were also nine cases of Diphtheria, compared with one
in 1914, 14 in 1913, and two in 1912.
Nine of the return cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in Clapham,
six in Putney, 16 in Streatham, 12 in Tooting, and 34 in Wandsworth.
One of the return cases of Diphtheria occurred in Putney, one
in Streatham, four in Tooting, and three in Wandsworth.
Enteric Fever.
50 cases of Enteric Fever were notified during the year (five
from Clapham, six from Putney, 15 from Streatham, seven from