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18 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
During the year 61 tubes of anti-toxin were issued to medical
practitioners for use in cases of Diphtheria.
11 cases occurred in an institution in Clapham, eight in an
institution in Southfield, and six in an institution in Tooting.
Scarlet Fever.
633 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred, compared with 801 in
1925 and 847 in 1024.
Four cases died, compared with nine and seven respectively
for the two previous years, and the death-rate was .01 per 1,000,
compared with .02 and .002. The case mortality was .63 per
cent.
The case-rate per 1,000 of population was 1.81:—2.07 in
Clapham; 2.02 in Putney; 1.52 in Balham; 1.71 in Streatham;
2.34 in Tooting; and 1.69 in Wandsworth.
Of the total number of cases, 571, or 90 per cent., were
removed to hospital.
26 cases occurred at the Fountain Mental Hospital and 14
cases at an orphanage in Putney during the year.
The Medical Officers of the London County Council made
inspections of 10 schools during the year, and any suspected
cases were at once excluded and the names and addresses forwarded
to me for inquiry.
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
17 cases of Scarlet Fever and three of Diphtheria occurred
within one month of the return of a previous case from hospital.
Enteric and Para-Typhoid Fevers.
21 cases, but no deaths of the above occurred.
14 of the cases were true Enteric Fever and seven were Paratyphoid
Fever.
Two of the seven cases of Para-typhoid Fever occurred about
the same time in February and it was ascertained that one of
them was supplied with milk and the other had partaken of cream