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 Willesden]
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Diagram C.
Tlie black columns represent the number of cases of Measles or Whooping Cough
occurring in the respective classes of contacts. Among the contacts who were stated
to have previously suffered, only a small proportion contracted disease upon definite
exposure, while among the contacts stated not to have previously suffered, the number
who failed after defiuite exposure was considerable.