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Wandsworth 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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60 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
It will be seen that Hotham Road School, Putney, had a
large number of cases, and although exclusions of suspects had
been carried out, cases still occurred.
In consequence of the continued prevalence in that school I
advised the school to be closed from the 12th to the 29th November.
Only six cases occurred after the 15th November to the
end of the year.
The number of dwellings in each sub-district and the whole
Borough in which multiple cases occurred is shown in the following
Table :—
| Sub-Districts. | One case. | Two cases. | Three cases. | Four cases. | Five cases & upwards | Total houses invaded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 192 | 16 | 9 | 1* | 219 | |
| Putney | 97 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ... | 113 |
| Streatham | 264 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 319 |
| Tooting | 161 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1† | 184 |
| Wandsworth | 304 | 38 | 6 | ... | 2†† | 350 |
| Whole Borough ... | 1018 | 123 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1185 |
* In Clapham 31 cases occurred in an Institution.
†t In Tooting 28 cases occurred in an Institution.
†† In Wandsworth seven cases occurred in one house and
five in another.
Of the 1,185 houses invaded, multiple cases occurred in 167
or 14.09 per cent.
Diphtheria.
This disease was very prevalent during the year, especially
in January, February, March, October, November and December*.
The total number of cases notified was 1,104, 225 in Clap-