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Wandsworth 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Infective Diseases.
35
Nine cases requiring special home nursing were referred to
the District Nursing Associations in the Borough, compared
with eight in 1927, and the nurses made 85 visits to these cases
compared with 48 in 1927.
The death-rate per 1,000 of the population was .002, compared
with .01 in 1927, and .002 in 1925.
137 premises were disinfected at the request of the occupiers.
Table XIX. shows the number of cases of infective diseases
which occurred in the individual elementary schools during the
year.
TABLE XIX.
School.
Diseases.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Measles.
German
Measles.
Chickenpox.
Whooping
Cough.
; Mumps.
Ringworm.
Other
Diseases .
Totals.
Clapham.
Aristotle Road
-
3
-
1
-
-
2
1
3
10
Bonneville Road
2
4
1
3
13
39
6
1
51
120
Cavendish Road
7
25
11
35
7
26
2
-
3
116
Cavendish Road Special
-
-
-
-
2
-
1
-
4
7
Christchurch
4
4
2
-
12
28
45
-
-
95
Clapham Parochial, Old Town
5
1
-
8
2
1
-
-
-
17
Haselrigge Road
25
1
12
3
33
12
41
2
24
153
Henry Thornton, South Side
-
-
2
1
1
-
1
-
-
5
Larkhall Lane
11
13
1
2
8
26
17
1
37
116
New Park Road
8
3
2
7
9
31
28
-
1
89
New Road
5
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
6
St. Andrew's Street
2
2
3
2
10
1
16
-
6
42
St. Mary's, Crescent Lane
4
4
8
St. Mary's, St. Alphonsus Road
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
Stonhouse Street
14
8
6
59
9
30
20
-
16
162
Telferscot Road
7
12
11
110
2
7
1
-
17
167
Putney.
All Saints'
1
2
3
15
11
7
-
-
5
44
Hotham Road
17
9
3
11
27
32
15
3
25
142
Huntingfield Road
9
15
-
6
11
1
-
-
20
62
Parochial, Roehampton
-
1
-
1
1
11
-
-
-
14
St. Agnes, R.C.
-
-
-
-
13
2
-
-
2
17
St. Mary's
7
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
Upper Grade
-
-
1
3
-
2
-
-
-
6
Carried forward
128
110
58
267
171
256
196
8
214
1,408