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Wandsworth 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases. 43
TABLE XVIII.—
| School. | Diseases. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Measles. | German Measles. 1 | Chicken-pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm | Other Diseases | Totals. | |
| "Brought forward | 247 | 149 | 1831 | 57 | 648 | 296 | 241 | 21 | 188 | 3678 |
| Wandsworth. | ||||||||||
| Allfarthing Lane | 5 | 10 | 56 | 1 | 19 | 39 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 188 |
| All Saints' | — | 3 | 31 | — | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 60 |
| Brandlehow Road | 5 | 4 | 25 | — | 1 | 30 | 26 | 1 | — | 92 |
| Earlsfield | 7 | 21 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 151 |
| Elliott Central | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Eltringham Street | 9 | 18 | 36 | — | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | — | 98 |
| Frogmore Special | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Garratt Lane | 2 | 8 | 57 | — | 10 | 27 | 9 | — | 6 | 119 |
| Littleton Street Special | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Magdalen Road | 5 | 5 | 25 | — | 9 | 17 | 3 | — | — | 64 |
| Merton Road | 6 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 41 |
| Riversdale | 12 | 7 | 88 | 1 | 67 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 230 |
| St. Ann's | 2 | 3 | 13 | — | 15 | 9 | 5 | — | — | 47 |
| St. Faith's | — | — | 31 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 53 |
| St. Joseph's | — | 2 | 16 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| St. Michael's | 6 | 6 | 66 | — | 11 | 6 | 32 | — | — | 127 |
| Swaffield Road | 20 | 8 | 70 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 22 | — | — | 159 |
| Waldron Road | 7 | 6 | 78 | — | 4 | 41 | 1 | — | — | 137 |
| Wandle | 3 | 5 | 48 | — | 17 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 128 |
| Warple Way | 11 | 7 | 2 | — | 6 | 30 | 3 | — | — | 59 |
| West Hill | 7 | 9 | 136 | — | 29 | 40 | 29 | — | 1 | 251 |
| Gkand Total | 356 | 284 | 2701 | 62 | 897 | 692 | 457 | 39 | 241 | 5729 |
Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea was 40, compared
with 27 in 1927, 36 in 1926, 34 in 1925, and 30 in 1924, and
of these 31, or 77 per cent., were under the age of one year,
compared with 16 in 1927. The number of deaths from
Diarrhoea, Zymotic Enteritis and Enteritis under one year
represents 13 per cent, of the total mortality at that age.