Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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The following Table No. 51 shows the incidence of Mensles upon children definitely exposed to infection,
distributed according to age and history of previous attack:-
T able N o . 51.
CONTACTS STEAD NOT TO HAVE SUFFERED PREVIOUSLY.
Age Periods. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | ||||||||||||
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No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts 1 attacked. | Percentage attacked. | No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts attacked. | Percentage attacked. | No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts attacked. | Percentage attacked. | No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts attacked. Percentage attacked. | No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts Attacked. | Percentage attacked. | No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts attacked. | Percentage attacked. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
Years. | ||||||||||||||||||
0-½ | ... | ... | ... | 73 | 6 | 8.2 | 49 | 6 | 12.2 | 52 | 6 | 11.5 | 78 | 14 | 17.9 | 43 | 8 | 18.6 |
½.1 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 39 | 95.1 | 80 | 52 | 65.0 | 88 | 70 | 79.5 | 108 | 66 | 61.1 | 67 | 44 | 59.7 |
1—2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 134 | 108 | 80 .6 | 108 | 96 | 88.9 | 132 | 102 | 77.3 | 93 | 78 | 83.9 |
2—3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 142 | 127 | 89.4 | 106 | 94 | 88.7 | 135 | 114 | 84.4 | 85 | 74 | 87.1 |
3-4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 160 | 141 | 88.1 | 163 | 150 | 92 0 | 175 | 39 | 79.4 | 112 | 89 | 79.5 |
73.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
4-5 | 34 | 28 | 82.3 | 72 | 53 | 73.6 | 101 | 86 | 85.1 | 109 | 96 | 88.1 | 162 | 117 | 72.2 | 79 | 63 | 79.7 |
5—6 | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 48 | 30 | 62.5 | 57 | 41 | 71.9 | 47 | 39 | 83.0 | 46 | 34 | 73.9 | 36 | 17 | 47.2 |
6—7 | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 35 | 24 | 68.5 | 36 | 26 | 722 | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 50 | 33 | 66.0 | 22 | 7 | 31.8 |
7-8 | 15 | 11 | 733 | 35 | 14 | 40.0 | 46 | 27 | 58.7 | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 45 | 25 | 55.5 | 27 | 11 | 40.7 |
8-9 | 11 | 5 | 45.4 | 27 | 11 | 40.8 | 26 | 10 | 38.4 | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 16 | 5 | 31.3 |
9—10 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 22 | 10 | 45.4 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 36 | 6 | 16.7 | 21 | 6 | 28.6 |
10—15 | 25 | 2 | 8.0 | 35 | 7 | 20.0 | 82 | 19 | 23.1 | 59 | 9 | 15.3 | 54 | 6 | 11.1 | 24 | 5 | 20.8 |
15 and up | 20 | ... | ... | 73 | 4 | 5.5 | 75 | 1 | 1.3 | 26 | 3 | 11.5 | 38 | 5 | 13.1 | 11 | 1 | 9.1 |
402 | 275 | 68.4 | 798 | 489 | 61.3 | 1010 | 654 | 64.7 | 849 | 605 | 71.3 | 1085 | 674 | 62.1 | 636 | 408 | 64.2 |