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One hundred and nine, or 74.1 per cent., of the patients
were treated at the Isolation Hospital.
Sixty-three per cent. of the cases notified were children
of school age, viz., five to fifteen years, and of these 78
attended the following schools:—
Cottenham Park School 1
Effra Road Girls' and Infants' School 11
Durnsford Road Mixed and Infants' School 7
Queen's lload Girls' and Infants' School 8
Queen's Road Boys' School 4
Pelham Road Boys' School 2
Pelham Road Girls' and Infants' School 13
Haydon's Road Girls' and Infants' School 7
Haydon's Road Boys' School 2
St. Mary's Mixed School 2
St. Mary's Infants' School 1
Central Mixed School 1
Dundonald Road Boys' School 2
Dundonald Road Girls' and Infants'
School 5
Private Schools 10
Schools outside the district 2
On 26th September a case of Scarlet Fever was notified,
which attended one of the private schools in the district. A
second case occurred on October 6th, and a further case on
the 9th. On the occurrence of this case the school was
closed. Two further cases occurred on the 13th, and one
which was notified on the same day by the Medical Officer of
Health of Wandsworth of a child having been taken ill on the
9th. No further cases occurred after the re-opening of the
school.
Diphtheria.—The total number of cases notified during
the year was 129 from 101 houses, the attack rate being 2'2
per thousand of the population; this rate is l.l higher than
last year.
In one house there were five cases, in three houses 4
cases, in three houses 3 cases, in nine houses 2 cases, and in
the remainder 1 each.
The cases occurred in the following numbers at the
various ages:—
Under one 1
One to five 17
Five to fifteen 93
Fifteen to twenty-five 8
Twenty-five to forty-five 8
Forty-five to sixty-five 2
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