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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
Leyton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE 9.
BOROUGH OF LEYTON. SCARLET FEVER. ANALYSIS OF CONTACT ATTACK RATES OF HOSPITAL-TREATED AND
HOME-TREATED CASES (1932-1936).
| Hospital Treated. | Home Treated. | Date of Onset of Attack. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital-treated. | Home-treated. | |||||||
| 1-7 day. | 8-36 day. | Total. | 1-7 day. | 8-36 day. | Total. | |||
| 1. Cases | 1,678 | 871 | ||||||
| 2. Contacts. | ||||||||
| (a) Under School age | 655 | 190 | ||||||
| (b) School age | 1,801 | 522 | ||||||
| (o) Over School age | 5,091 | 2,589 | ||||||
| All ages | 7,547 | 3,301 | ||||||
| 3. Contacts Attacked. | ||||||||
| (a) Under School age | 52 | 11 | 32 | 20 | 52 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| (b) School age | 51 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 51- | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| (c) Over School age | 33 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| All ages | 136 | 52 | 76 | 60 | 136 | 21 | 31 | 52 |
| 4. Percentage of Contacts Attacked. | ||||||||
| (a) Under School Age | 7.94 | 5.78 | 4.89 | 3.05 | 7.94 | 1.57 | 4.21 | 5.78 |
| (b) School age | 2.83 | 4.78 | 1.61 | 1.22 | 2.83 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 4.78 |
| (c) Over School age | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.64 | 0.19 | 0.42 | 0.61 |
| All ages | 1.80 | 1.57 | 1.01 | 0.79 | 1.80 | 0.63 | 0.94 | 1.57 |