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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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| Schools. | Diseases. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Chicken-Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases. | Totals. | |
| Brought forward | 269 | 99 | 1,275 | 422 | 375 | 431 | 97 | 151 | 3,119 |
| Tooting— | |||||||||
| Derinton Road | 5 | 2 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 92 |
| Ensham | 25 | 28 | 65 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 153 |
| Fountain Road | 30 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 150 |
| Franciscan Road | 18 | 8 | 188 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | 281 |
| Sellincourt Road | 24 | 20 | 92 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 281 |
| Tooting Graveney | 34 | 13 | 80 | 28 | 8 | ... | 4 | 3 | 170 |
| Undine Street R .C. | 12 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 68 |
| Total | 148 | 95 | 549 | 165 | 59 | 43 | 28 | 108 | 1,195 |
| Wandsworth— | |||||||||
| All Saints' | 2 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 50 |
| Brandlehow Road | 2 | 6 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 85 |
| Cambourn Road | 10 | ... | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 63 |
| Earlsfield | 24 | 81 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 190 | |
| Elliott Central | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Eltringham Street | 22 | 6 | 52 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 145 |
| Frogmore Special | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Garratt Lane | 20 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 171 |
| Magdalen Road | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 28 |
| Merton Road | 6 | 7 | 49 | 4 | 7 | ... | 3 | 2 | 78 |
| Riversdale | 6 | 12 | 92 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 7 | ... | 155 |
| St. Anne's | 9 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 27 |
| St. Faith's | 14 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 76 |
| St. Joseph's, R.C. | 2 | ... | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 32 |
| St. Michael's | 1 | 2 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 76 |
| St. Thomas's | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Southfield | 8 | 3 | 100 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 183 |
| Swaffield Road | 41 | 49 | 153 | 13 | 55 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 368 |
| Waldron Road | 24 | 3 | 108 | 10 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 211 |
| Wandle | 12 | 12 | 81 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 148 |
| Warple Way | 6 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 6 | 51 |
| West Hill | 7 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 57 |
| Total | 224 | 127 | 1,031 | 140 | 286 | 67 | 132 | 191 | 2,198 |
| Grand Total | 641 | 321 | 2.855 | 727 | 720 | 541 | 257 | 450 | 6,512 |
The total number of premises disinfected was 1,783 (252 in
Clapham, 127 in Putney, 432 in Streatham, 314 in Tooting, and
658 in Wandsworth), compared with 372 in 1914, 1,454 in 1913,
1,006 in 1912, and 2,638 in 1911.