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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Table 25.
TABLE showing the incidence of Measles upon Children definitely exposed to infection, distributed according to age and history of previous attack. CONTACTS STATKD NOT PREVIOUSLY TO HAVE SUFFERED.
Age Periods. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1908 1910 | ||||||||
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No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts attacked. ___ | Percentage attacked. | No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contactsattacked. | Percentage attacked. | No. of Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts attacked. | Percentage attacked. | No. ff Contacts in House. | No. of Contacts attacked. | Percentage attacked. | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Months. | ||||||||||||
0—6 | — | — | — | 73 | 6 | 8.2 | 49 | 6 | 12.2 | 122* | 12* | 9.8* |
6-12 | — | — | — | 41 | 39 | 95.1 | 80 | 52 | 65.0 | 121* | 91* | 75.2* |
Years. | ||||||||||||
1—2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 | 108 | 80.6 | 134† | 108† | 80.6 † |
2—3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 142 | 127 | 89.4 | 142† | 127† | 89.4† |
3—4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 160 | 141 | 88.1 | 160† | 141† | 88.1† |
4—5 | 34 | 28 | 82.3 | 72 | 53 | 73.6 | 101 | 86 | 85.1 | 207 | 167 | 80.7 |
5—6 | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 48 | 30 | 62.5 | 57 | 41 | 71.9 | 125 | 85 | 68.0 |
6—7 | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 35 | 24 | 68.5 | 36 | 26 | 72.2 | 82 | 58 | 70.7 |
7—8 | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 35 | 14 | 40.0 | 46 | 27 | 58.7 | 96 | 52 | 54.2 |
8—9 | 11 | 5 | 45.4 | 27 | 11 | 40.8 | 26 | 10 | 38.4 | 64 | 26. | 40.6 |
9—10 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 22 | 10 | 45.4 | 51 | 22 | 43.1 |
10—15 | 25 | 2 | 8.0 | 35 | 7 | 20.0 | 82 | 19 | 23.1 | 142 | 28 | 19.7 |
15 and up | 20 | - | - | 73 | 4 | 5.5 | 75 | 1 | 1.3 | 168 | 5 | 3.0 |
402 | 275 | 68.4 | 798 | 489 | 61.3 | 1010 | 654 | 64.7 | 2210 | 1418 | 64.2 | |
contacts stated previously to have suffered. | ||||||||||||
Months. | ||||||||||||
0—6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1* | - | - |
6-12 | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | 1* | — | -_ |
Y ears. | ||||||||||||
1—2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 1 | — |
2-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
3—4 | - | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | 16.6 | 12 | 2 | — |
5 | ||||||||||||
4—5 | 33 | 4 | 12.1 | 34 | 2 | 5.9 | 26 | 4 | 15.3 | 93 | 10 | 10.7 |
5—6 | 40 | 2 | 5.0 | 39 | 1 | 2.6 | 34 | 1 | 2.9 | 113 | 4 | 3.5 |
6-7 | 55 | 2 | 3.6 | 66 | 1 | 1.5 | 62 | — | — | 183 | 3 | 1.6 |
7-8 | 62 | 2 | 3.2 | 105 | — | — | 94 | 3 | 3.2 | 261 | 5 | 1.9 |
8—9 | 57 | — | — | 125 | 6 | 4.8 | 121 | 1 | 0.8 | 303 | 7 | 2.3 |
9—10 | 69 | 2 | 2.9 | 139 | 1 | 0.7 | 134 | — | — | 342 | 3 | 0.9 |
10-15 | 280 | 1 | 0.3 | 466 | 3 | 0.6 | 579 | 5 | 0.8 | 1325 | 9 | 0.7 |
15 and up | 1122 | 3 | 0.2 | 1735 | — | — | 2078 | 1 | o-o | 4935 | 4 | 0.1 |
1781 | 18 | 1.01 | 2755 | 19 | 0.7 | 3150 | 18 | 0.6 | 7686 | 55 | 0.7 | |
* 1909 and 1910 only. | † 1910 only. |