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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
From a comparison of the number reported under five years
in the previous year, when notification was compulsory, there is
a decided decrease.
As by far the greatest mortality occurs under five years of
age 1 am of opinion that further steps should be taken to obtain
information, and 1 do not think any other method than the
compulsory notification, as before, would be satisfactory.
Fortunately the disease during 1920 was of a comparatively
mild type, only 47 deaths taking place, 39 of these being under
five years of age.
In all 2,554 cases were reported, 44 under one year, 614
from one and under five years, 1,980 from five and under 15
years, and 16 over 15 years.
404 cases occurred in Clapham, 250 in Putney, 637 in
Streatham, 206 in looting, and 1,057 in Wandsworth.
Twenty-six of the cases were removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals on account of insufficient accommodation
at home.
83 cases of German Measles were also reported (five in
Clapham, three in Putney, 15 in Streatham, eight in Tooting,
and 52 in Wandsworth).
During the year 2,005 visits were made in cases of these
diseases, 107 in Clapham, 202 in Putney, 561 in Streatham, 157
in Tooting, and 978 in Wandsworth).
The total number of premises disinfected was 1,292 (142
in Clapham, 135 in Putney, 349 in Streatham, 97 in Tooting, and
569 in Wandsworth).
Table XLI. shows the number of cases of infectious diseases
notified by teachers of the elementary schools in the Borough.