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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The greatest number of disinfections was carried out in March,.
this being due to the greater prevalence of the disease in Wandsworth.
The greatest number of cases occurred in January, February,.
March, April, May and June. In the other months of the year the
number of disinfections was small as there were very few cases in
any part of the Borough.
Whooping Cough.
66 deaths were registered during the year, 24 of males and 42
of females, an increase of 13 compared with 1914 (but a decrease
of three compared with the decennial average). 10 of the deaths
occurred in Clapham, six in Putney, 12 in Streatham, 10 in Tooting,
and 28 in Wandsworth.
28 of the death were of infants under one year, 20 of children
from one and under two years, 16 from two and under five years,,
and two from five and under 15 years.
The death-rate was .19 per 1,000, compared with .16 in 1914,
•07 in 1913, .15 in 1912, and .25 for the whole of London in 1915.
The disease was not quite so prevalent in London and in this
Bordugh in the year 1915 as in the previous year. In the subdistricts
of Clapham, Streatham and Wandsworth, it was more
prevalent than in the other sub-districts.
The number of cases notified from schools was 720, compared
with 842 in 1914, 496 in 1913, 1,014 in 1912, 286 of these being
from schools in the sub-district of Wandsworth, the schools chiefly
affected in that sub-district being the Southfield, Swaffield Road,.
Earlsfield, Riversdale and Waldron Road.
There were also 176 cases notified from schools in Streatham,
the schools chiefly affected having been Eardley Road, Mitcham
Lane, Broadwater Road and Oldridge Road.