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 Wimbledon]
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The cases occurred in the following numbers at the various
ages :—
Under one 2
One to five 26
Five to fifteen 69
Fifteen to twenty-five 17
Twenty-five to forty-five 7
Forty-five to sixty-five 2
The following was the Ward incidence:—
Wimbledon Park | 7 | Removed to Hospital | 5 | Attack Rate | 1.1 | |
St. Mary's | 6 | „ „ | 4 | „ | ||
St. John's | 8 | „ „ | 7 | „ | 1.4 | |
Cottenham Park | 18 | 14 | „ | 2.4 | ||
Dundonald | 8 | 7 | .9 | |||
Trinity | 36 | 36 | 2.7 | |||
South Park | 16 | „ „ | 16 | „ | „ | 2.03 |
Haydon Park | 24 | „ „ | 24 | „ | ||
123 | 113 | 1.9 |
Percentage of cases : North Wimbledon 31 7 per cent. ; South Wimbledon
68 3 per cent.
One hundred and nine, or 88'6 per cent, of the patients
were treated in the Isolation Hospital.
Fifty-six per cent, of the cases notified were children of
school age, five to fifteen years, and of these, 61 attended
the following schools:—
Queen's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 8
Queen's Road Boys' School 3
Haydon's Road Boys' School 1
Haydon's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 16
Central Infants' School 1
Central Mixed School 2
Dundonald Road Girls' and Infants' School 3
Dundonald Road Boys' School 1
Durnsford Road School 4
Effra Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 5
Russell Road Schools 2
Pelham Road Boys' School 1
Private Schools 12
Schools outside the district 2
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