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Wandsworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of cases, less Tuberculosis and Ophthalmia
Neonatorum, was 4,240, compared with 3,125 in 1924 and 2,792
in 1923. The increase, compared with 1924, is largely due to
the increase in the number of cases of Whooping Cough.
Small-pox.
No case of this disease occurred during the year.
Vaccination.
No vaccination or re-vaccination was performed under the
Public Health (Small pox) Regulations during the year.
Table XIV. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1924.
It shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the
whole Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts, Streatham,
Balham and Tooting being included under the heading of
Streatham.
TABLE XIV.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st Tanuary to 31st December, 1924. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 748 | 470 | 3 | — | 22 | 171 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 34 |
| Putney | 369 | 255 | 1 | — | 12 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Streatham | 2430 | 1291 | 5 | — | 100 | 667 | 16 | 155 | 72 | 124 |
| Wandsworth | 1198 | 765 | 6 | — | 49 | 272 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 39 |
| Totals | 4745 | 2781 | 15 | — | 183 | 1180 | 42 | 180 | 151 | 213 |