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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

Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Non-notifiable Diseases.—The deaths from the non-notifiable infectious diseases during the past nine years have been as follows:—

Non-notifiable Diseases.—The deaths from the non-notifiable infectious diseases during the past nine years have been as follows:—

Disease193019311932193319341935193619371938
Measles10...413...4...4
Whooping Cough24...331...41
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)254223833
Total14986841278

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Measles.—Measles was prevalent during the early part of
the year. Three hundred and forty-six cases came to the notice
of the Public Health Department. There were four deaths.
In 1937 information was received of seven cases, and no
deaths were registered as being due to this disease.
Whooping Cough.—Only seventeen cases of whooping cough
were notified to the Public Health Department by the Head
Teachers of the Public Elementary Schools. One death occurred.
Diarrhoea (under two years).—Three deaths occurred from
this cause. Two of these children died in institutions outside the
district. The ages at death are given in the Infantile Mortality
Table.
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