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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 81
Seven cases were notified from Common Lodging Houses, 12
were homeless, in 10 cases wrong addresses were given, 11 had
removed, in 15 the patients were either lodgers or domestic servants
and the occupier of the house could give no information, in 18 cases
no definite information was obtainable, and in only one instance
the Inspector was refused information.
With regard to the notification of cases of non-pulmonary
Tuberculosis, in all 234 cases were notified, 35 from Clapham, 24
from Putney, 52 from Streatham, 44 from Tooting, and 79 from
Wandsworth.
21 of these were under one year of age, 47 from one and under
five years, 94 from five and under 15 years, 33 from 15 and under
25 years, 26 from 25 and under 45 years, seven from 45 and under 65
years, and six over 65 years.
Table XLIII. shows the number of these cases notified classified
according to the part of the body affected, as well as the number of
deaths in each class.
The total deaths, viz., 84, do not correspond with the total
number on Table XIV., as 13 were registered as having died from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis and are included under that heading, two
cases died from other causes, two cases which died in 1915, were
not notified till 1916, while in the case of three deaths which
occurred in Institutions outside the Borough, no notifications
could be obtained, and in one case the notification was cancelled.
As is to be expected, the deaths from General Tuberculosis
shows the highest mortality, seven out of the eight cases notified
having been fatal, and the next highest mortality occurred among
cases of Tuberculosis of the Brain, 50 out of 52 having been fatal.
Out of the total of 234, 84 died, two have removed to other
districts, while 148 cases are still on the Register and under observation.