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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
Kensington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Series Combined
Females
Males
Out of a total of 284 gases.
Sixty-three per cent. were female and 37 per cent. male, or the proportion of male to female is as 1 :1.7.
Taking the chorea cases alone the proportion of male to female is as 1:1.6. The proportion of males is
higher in this series than in some others—the average has been stated to be 1:3.