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Wandsworth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1936.
TABLE XV.— continued.
| School. | Diseases. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chickenpox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases. | Totals. | |
| Brought forward | 312 | 144 | 2086 | 76 | 484 | 507 | 338 | 20 | 51 | 4031 |
| Swaffield Road | 6 | 4 | 71 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 87 |
| Waldron Road | 11 | 5 | 54 | - | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 87 |
| Wandle | 7 | 1 | 46 | - | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | 7 | 75 |
| Wandsworth | - | 3 | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | 3 |
| Wandsworth Central | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Warple Way | 2 | 1 | — | - | - | 21 | 1 | - | — | 25 |
| West Hill | 1 | 2 | 39 | - | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 57 |
| Grand Total | 339 | 181 | 2296 | 76 | 509 | 542 | 341 | 21 | 61 | 4366 |
Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea was 36 compared
with 41 in 1935, 44 in 1934, 43 in 1933 and 68 in 1932, and of
these 34 or 94 per cent., were under the age of one year, compared
with 70 in 1935. The number of deaths from Diarrhoea, Zymotic
Enteritis and Enteritis under one year represents 14.6 per cent.
of the total mortality at that age.
Other Infective Diseases.
15 deaths occurred, eight from Syphilis, five from Septicaemia
and two from Pyaemia.
Scabies.
The names of 120 school children who were suffering from
Scabies were forwarded to me by the Medical Officer to the
London County Council, and the homes were visited by the
Sanitary Inspectors. These children were being treated at the
London County Council cleansing stations.