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Willesden 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: TABLE N O. 44. MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.Cases where Primary Case is ) attending Infant School.

TABLE N O. 44. MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.

Cases where Primary Case is ) attending Infant School.

Primary Case, School Contact.Home Contact.Secondary Cases.Primary Case arising otherwise.Home Contact.Secondary Cases.
34567 upTotal.13 p0-11-22-33-44-55-1010 1515 upTotal34567Total1.13 p0-11-22-33-44-551010-1515 up.Total.
Measles, 1907711830116648640N.p s.109055801101186669123513...4117123n.p.s.324232...41...16
p.s.1062.........4421...11p.s.28
Measles, 1908129745118173n.p.8.23133385684583661311
to end ofp.s.292............12......3
Total814737S21766813N.P.S132188118166202124104184824...4117123N.P S324232...41...16
Total..................P.S.1354.........4541...14..................P.S28
Whooping4401219943307n.p.s.532644614048303...289131110227n.p.s.32...35242......16
Coughp.s.359...............3......3p.s.28
No.of Seholats on Roll at Various Age Periods...8512017258919147371
•Cases where Primary Case is attending Mixed Department.
PrimaryCase,School Contact.Home Contact.SecondaryCases.Primay Case arising otherwise.Home Contact.Secondary Cases.
under 88-99-1010 1515 upTotal.13 p0-11-22 33-44-55-1010 1515 upTotal.7 88-99-1010-1515 up.Total.13 p0-11-22-3-3-44-55-1010-1515 up.Total
540213n.p.s.20...12...16......101126n.p.s.9...11113......7
p.s.24...............1......1p.s.2
15118n.p.s.11...2...311......7......1......1n.p.s.-
to end ofp.8.15p.s.12
Total6933...21N.P.S31...32327......1711327N P.S9111137
Total..................P.S.39...............1......1P.S14
Whooping523515n.p.s.24143335......191............1n.p.s.31......1...1......3
Coughp.s.11p.s.
No. of Scholars on roll at Various Age Periods8632324237688754514483
Cases where Primary Case is attending School.
Primary Cases.Home Contact.Secondary Cases.MeaslesTota] No. of Cases2045
Whooping Cough969
0-11-22-33-44-55 1010 1515 up.Total.p0-11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515 up.Total.Home Contact means the number of children under 13 years of age in the home at the time of the occurrence of the primary case. n.p.s.-The number of these contacts who were stated not to have previously sutfered from measles or whooping cough. p.s.-The number of these contacts who were stated already to have sutfered. Secondary cases.-Are those which derived from the primary case in each class. They represent the number of Home Contacts who contracted the disease as a result of exposure to the primary case in the home. NoTK.-The cases of measles in the above table are given to the end of 1907, while in a separate line are also given the figures to the end of the epidemic in 190H. The reason for this is that at the end of the year measles was still eni-
Measles, 19071320253320125128n.p.S.25012201079141174
p.s.438,
Measles, 1908 to end of411111275......50n.p.s.4895107891150
p.h.109...112
Epidemic Total ...1731364527175178N.P.S. P.S.29821252014172322124
Total ......547112
Whooping Cough2724202723111133n.p.s. p.s.21129172622134232154
250.........11.........2
demic in the district. To make the return only to the end of 1907, would be to include for instance in the home contacts many cases which subsequently became secondary cases, but which would not appear as such at the end of 1907. The figures for the epidemic period therefore are alone valid in estimating the proportionate distribution of the cases.