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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Notification of Infective Diseases.
The total number of cases of infective diseases notified during
the year is shown in Table II. of the Local Government Board's
Table on page u.
The total number of cases notified (less Tuberculois) was 8,604,
(1,464 in Clapham, 394 in Putney, 2,870 in Streatham, 1,244 in
Tooting, and 2,632 in Wandsworth). The large increase in the
number over previous years is due to the fact that Measles and
German Measles are now notifiable diseases. 5,371 cases of Measles
and 2,006 of German Measles were notified during the year.
No cases of Small-pox were notified during the year.
Vaccination.
Table XIV. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1916. It
shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the whole
Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts. Streatham,
Balham and Tooting are included under the heading of Streatham.