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Wandsworth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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42 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1938.
TABLE XVI.—
| School. | Diseases. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases. | Totals. | |
| Brought forward | 122 | 159 | 1142 | 158 | 385 | 118 | 215 | 7 | 67 | 2373 |
| Granton Road | 17 | _ | 19 | 2 | 4 | _ | 2 | — | — | 44 |
| Hitherfield Road | 6 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 74 |
| Holy Trinity, Lutheran Place | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — |
| Immanuel | — | — | 13 | — | - | -- | — | — | — | 13 |
| Mitcham Lane | 4 | 2 | 60 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | 3 | 103 |
| St. Andrew's, Coventry Hall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Andrew's, Polworth Road | 7 | — | 6 | 6 | 5 | — | 6 | — | — | 30 |
| St. Leonard's | — | 1 | 53 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 59 |
| Sunnyhill Road | 2 | 1 | 65 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 111 |
| Woodmansterne Road | 2 | 2 | 63 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 74 |
| Tooting. | ||||||||||
| Defoe (Fountain Road) | 3 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | — | 75 |
| Ensham | 7 | 5 | 62 | 29 | 4 | — | 6 | — | — | 113 |
| Enshara Central | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franciscan Road | 3 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 53 |
| Hillbrook Road | 5 | 7 | 81 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 5 | — | 5 | 157 |
| Sellincourt Road | 9 | 5 | 121 | 91 | 38 | 32 | 81 | — | 7 | 384 |
| Tooting Graveney | 3 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 85 |
| Undine Street, R.C. | 1 | — | 34 | 5 | 35 | 9 | 4 | — | — | 88 |
| Wandsworth. | ||||||||||
| Allfarthing Lane | 32 | — | 78 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 10 | — | 1 | 148 |
| All Saints' | 1 | 1 | 19 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 26 |
| Brandlehow Road | 3 | 7 | 19 | — | 24 | — | 14 | — | 1 | 68 |
| County Secondary, West Hill | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Earlsfield | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Elliott Central | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 14 |
| Eltringham Street | 9 | 1 | 53 | — | 18 | 4 | 40 | — | 2 | 127 |
| Frogmore Special | — | — | 10 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 13 |
| Garratt Lane | 3 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 14 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 69 |
| Magdalen Road | 11 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 45 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 99 |
| Riversdale | 16 | 9 | 74 | 34 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 168 |
| St. Ann's | 2 | _ | 9 | — | 4 | 1 | 9 | — | — | 25 |
| St. Faith's | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | — | 25 | — | 4 | 50 |
| St. Joseph's | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| St. Michael's | 6 | I | 35 | 11 | — | o | — | — | 1 | 56 |
| St. Thomas' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Swaffield Road | 9 | 5 | 60 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 99 |
| Technical Institute | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Waldron Road | 14 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 23 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 99 |
| Wandle | 9 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 32 | — | 11 | 137 |
| Wandsworth | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Warple Way | 1 | _ | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 45 |
| West Hill | 10 | 3 | 47 | — | 19 | — | 6 | — | 2 | 87 |
| Grand Total | 329 | 257 | 2472 | 518 | 752 | 232 | 497 | 11 | 119 | 5187 |