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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
Wood Green 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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The distribution of scarlet fever and diphtheria over the year is shown below :—
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |
|---|---|---|
| First quarter | 26 | 24 |
| Second quarter | 31 | 35 |
| Third quarter | 22 | 15 |
| Fourth quarter | 19 | 25 |
| Totals | 98 | 99 |
The incidence of scarlet fever and diphtheria, so far as school attendance is concerned, was as follows
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |
|---|---|---|
| Attending elementary schools in Wood Green | 39 | 62 |
| Glendale County School | — | — |
| Trinity County School | 2 | — |
| Private Schools | — | — |
| Schools outside Wood Green | 7 | 1 |
| Under school age | 23 | 24 |
| Over school age | 27 | 12 |
| Totals | 98 | 99 |
Scarlet Fever.
This disease was much less prevalent in 1936 than in either of
the two preceding years, only 98 notifications being received as compared
with 201 in 1935, and 292 in 1934. The disease was very
evenly distributed over the year and was uniformly of a very mild
type, with no deaths. 85 cases were admitted to Isolation Hospitals.