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Wimbledon 1920

[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 Park7Removed to Hospital5Attack Rate1.1
St. Mary's6„ „4
St. John's8„ „71.4
Cottenham Park18„ „142.4
Dundonald8„ „7.9
Trinity36„ „362.7
South Park16„ „162.03
Haydon Park24„ „2411
1231131.9

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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