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Wandsworth 1927
[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 4,280, compared with 3,316 in 1926, 4,240
in 1925, and 3,125 in 1924. The increase, compared with 1926,
is due mainly 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 XII. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1926.
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 XII.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1926. | 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 | 582 | 339 | 1 | - | 33 | 144 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 22 |
| Putney | 337 | 235 | 2 | - | 10 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 17 |
| Streatham | 1998 | 1004 | 10 | - | 97 | 607 | 20 | 111 | 50 | 99 |
| Wandsworth | 1125 | 715 | 5 | - | 61 | 274 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 22 |
| Totals | 4042 | 2293 | 18 | - | 201 | 1077 | 38 | 137 | 118 | 160 |