London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Islington 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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INCIDENCE OF MEASLES & WHOOPING COUGH,
1942—1949.
Fatality Kates per 1,000
notifications each age group Percentage of notifications
(1940-1949) (1940-1949)
0—1 1—5 5 & upwards 0—1 1—5 5 & upwards
Measles 13.75 1.13 0.17 6.1 57.0 36.9
Whooping
Cough 66.50 5.92 — 14.0 62.3 23.6
The highest fatality rates in both measles and whooping cough are in children
under the age of one year. In children under one with whooping cough, approximately
one case in 15 is fatal, which is nearly five times the corresponding rate for
measles.