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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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These figures compare very favourably with those for the previous year, which were respectively 56 and 32.
| School. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Boys | 1 | 2 |
| ,, Girls | 1 | — |
| ,, Infants | 4 | — |
| Bounds Green Boys | 1 | 3 |
| ,, ,, Girls | 2 | — |
| ,, ,, Infants | 1 | — |
| Lordship Lane Boys | 1 | — |
| ,, ,, Girls | 1 | — |
| ,, ,, Infants | 2 | — |
| Noel Park Boys | 1 | — |
| ,, ,, Girls | 2 | — |
| ,, ,, Infants | 13 | — |
| Rhodes Avenue | 2 | — |
| St. Michael's Mixed | — | — |
| ,, Infants | 1 | — |
| St. Paul's | 2 | — |
| White Hart Lane Boys | — | 1 |
| ,, Girls | — | — |
| ,, ,, ,, Infants | — | — |
| Glendale County | 2 | — |
| Trinity County | 4 | 1 |
| Private Schools | — | .— |
| Schools outside Borough | 2 | — |
| Under School Age | 14 | 4 |
| Over School Age | 9 | 13 |
| 66 | 24 | |
| 1st quarter | 22 | 4 |
| 2nd | 19 | 6 |
| 3rd | 21 | 2 |
| 4th ,, | 4 | 12 |
| 66 | 24 |
Immunisation against diphtheria has been continued during
the year, but owing to the school closure and the evacuation of a
large proportion of the children, the number of cases dealt with has
been very much less than in a normal year. During 1939, 345
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