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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(4) Private School, Balham. Four rooms disinfected after
Scarlet Fever on the 10th July.
(5) St. Faith's School, Wandsworth. Three rooms disinfected
after Scarlet Fever on the 5th October.
(6) Parochial, Old Town, Clapham. Three rooms disinfected
after Scarlet Fever on the 8th October.
(7) Private School, Wandsworth. One room disinfected after
Scarlet Fever on the gth November.
(8) Swaffield Road School, Wandsworth. 86 rooms disinfected
after Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria on the 16th, 18th,
19th and 22nd November.
(9) Private School, Balham. Five rooms disinfected after
Scarlet Fever on the 29th November.
Epidemic Influenza.
90 deaths, 45 of males, and 45 of females, were due to this
disease, compared with 58 in 1914,59 in 1913, and 45 in 1912. There
has thus been an increase of 32 deaths compared with the previous
year, and of 21 compared with the corrected decennial average.
15 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, eight in Putney, 32 in
Streatham, three in Tooting, and 32 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate was .27 per 1,000, compared with .17 in 1914,
.18 in 1913, and .18 in 1912.
22 of the deaths were of persons from 25 and under 65 years,
and 43 of persons over 65 years.