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Wandsworth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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24 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
As this would involve many more home visits during an
epidemic of Measles, the Council on my advice agreed to engage
temporary Health Visitors for this service as required.
The bi-annual epidemic of Measles commenced late in the
year, and it was not found necessary to engage extra Visitors
until towards the end of December. The epidemic continued
for some months during 1928 and will be reported on in full
in next year's Annual Report.
Table XIV. shows the number of cases of infective diseases
which occurred in the individual elementary schools during the
vear.
TABLE XIV.
| School. | Diseases. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases . | Totals. | |
| Clapham. | ||||||||||
| Aristotle Road | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Bonneville Road | 31 | 21 | 1 | — | 65 | 46 | 79 | 2 | 47 | 292 |
| Cavendish Road | 19 | 6 | — | — | 58 | 12 | 19 | — | 6 | 120 |
| Cavendish Road Special | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Christchurch | — | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | 21 |
| Clapham Parochial, Old Town | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| Clapham Parochial, Macau lay Rd. | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 12 |
| Haselrigge Road | 14 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 27 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 219 |
| Larkhall Lane | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 33 | 179 |
| New Park Road | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 14 | 100 | 3 | 34 | 270 |
| New Road | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| St. Andrew's Street | 5 | 3 | - | - | 4 | — | — | - | — | 12 |
| St. Mary's, Crescent Lane | - | 2 | — | - | 5 | — | - | — | — | 7 |
| St. Mary's, St. Alphonsus Road | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Stonhouse Street | 5 | 7 | — | - | 13 | 14 | 69 | — | 3 | 111 |
| Telferscot Road | 11 | 3 | -- | - | 13 | 14 | 69 | 2 | 14 | 126 |
| Putney. | ||||||||||
| All Saints' | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | 3 |
| Hotham Road | 9 | 14 | 2 | - | 15 | 58 | 6 | — | 12 | 116 |
| Huntingfield Road | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 90 | - | 2 | 140 |
| Parochial, Roehampton | 2 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 10 | 14 | — | - | 31 |
| St. Mary's | 2 | 3 | 11 | - | 6 | 10 | — | 1 | - | 33 |
| Upper Grade | — | - | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | — | 17 |
| Carried forward | 145 | 101 | 89 | 14 | 392 | 303 | 487 | 15 | 198 | 1744 |