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26 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis.
Four cases were notified during the year and one death resulted.
The three surviving cases have recovered without paresis or paralysis.
Erysipelas.
Three deaths occurred from this disease during the year ; 108
cases were notified (28 in Clapham, seven in Putney, 18 in Streatham,
eight in Tooting, and 47 in Wandsworth).
Malaria.
Three deaths occurred from malaria; one of these contracted
the disease in Mesopotamia, another in India, and the third, a
female, in Northern Rhodesia.
Thirteen cases were notified (two in Clapham, three in Putney,,
four in Streatham, one in Tooting, and three in Wandsworth).
All of the cases but two were males.
No case was notified in which the disease was contracted within
the Borough.
Of six Army cases, one contracted the disease in India, one in
Gallipoli, one in Mesopotamia, one in N.W. Africa, and two in
other parts.
One of the two females notified contracted the disease in Salonicar
and the other in Northern Rhodesia.
Every case notified was visited to ascertain that proper treatment
was being given, and any cases where the patients were not
having proper medical attention were advised to attend a special
hospital.
Diarrhoea.
Thirty-two deaths, 13 of males, and 19 of females, occurred from
all forms of diarrhoea and enteritis during the year. Four of the
deaths occurred in Clapham, four in Putney, eight in Streatham,
six in Tooting, and 10 in Wandsworth. There was a decided
decrease in all the sub-districts compared with 1921. The number
of deaths is 89 below the corrected decennial average, and is the
lowest ever recorded in the Borough.