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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Notification of Tuberculous Diseases.
The total number of cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified
during 1920 was 634, (104 were from Clapham, 52 from
Putney, 180 from Streatham, 97 from Tooting, and 201 from
Wandsworth), compared with 788 in 1919, 777 in 1918, and 690,
the decennial average.
There was a marked reduction in all the sub-districts with
the exception of Putney, where the number of cases was only
one less than the previous year.
One of the cases was under one year, four from one and
under five years, 38 from five and under 15 years, 162 from 15
and under 25 years, 297 from 25 and under 45 years, 122 from
45 and under 65 years, and ten over 65 years.
At all the ages with the exception of under one year there
was a decrease compared with the previous year.
In Table XLII. is shown the total number of cases notified
since 1909, the number of deaths in each year since that date,
the total deaths, the number removed from the district as far as
could be ascertained, the number who were stated to have recovered,
and the total number of cases still on the Register.