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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wood Green 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: The distribution of scarlet fever and diphtheria over the year was as follows:—

The distribution of scarlet fever and diphtheria over the year was as follows:—

Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.
First quarter224
Second quarter196
Third quarter212
Fourth quarter412
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Table: The incidence of these two diseases, so far as school attendance is concerned, was as follows:—

The incidence of these two diseases, so far as school attendance is concerned, was as follows:—

Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.
Attending elementary schools in Wood Green356
Attending Glendale County School2—
Attending Trinity County School41
Attending Private schools——
Attending schools outside the Borough2—
Under school age144
Over school age913
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Scarlet Fever.
66 cases were notified as compared with 92 in 1938. The disease
was generally of a mild type and no deaths occurred.