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Wimbledon 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Scarlet Fever.—The total number of cases notified during
the year, was 165 from 133 houses. The attack rate, was 2.8 per thousand of the population.
There were no deaths.
| Attack-Rate. | Death-Rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-1895 | 4.8 | .02 | per thousand of the population. |
| 1896-1900 | 3.3 | .04 | |
| 1901-1905 | 2.3 | .02 | |
| 1906-1910 | 4.07 | .05 | |
| 1911-1915 | 3.03 | .01 | |
| 1916-1920 | 1.8 | .01 | |
| 1921-1925 | 3.04 | .02 | |
The type of Scarlet Fever was extremely mild, many cases
presenting great difficulty in diagnosis.
In one house there were four cases, in six houses three
cases, in seventeen houses two cases, and in the remaining
109 houses, one case.
134 or 81 per cent. of the cases were treated in the
Borough Isolation Hospital, Gap Road.
69 per cent. of the cases notified were children of school
age, five to fifteen years, and of these, 108 attended the
following schools:—
Special School, Queen's Road 1
Cottenham Park, Mixed 5
Effra Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 13
Durnsford Road Mixed and Infants' Schools 6
Queen's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 7
Queen's Road Boys' School 5
Pelham Road Boys' School 5
Pelham Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 16
Dundonald Road Boys' School 3
Dundonald Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 1
Russell Road Mixed School 3
Russell Road Infants'School 2
Haydons Road Girls' School 1
Haydons Road Infants' School 4
Haydons Road Boys'School 3
Private Schools 13
Schools outside the district 20
Total 108
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