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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
Wimbledon 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Attack-Kate. | Death — Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
In one house there were four cases, in one house three
eases, in six houses two eases, and in the remaining 108
houses, one ease.
102 or 80 per cent, of the eases were treated in the
Borough Isolation Hospital, Gap Road.
58 per cent, of the cases notified were children of school age, five to fifteen years, and of these, 64 attended the following schools:—
| Old Central Schools | 5 |
| Cottenham Park, Mixed | 1 |
| Effra Road Girls' and Infants' Schools | 2 |
| Durnsford Road Mixed & Infants' Schools | 8 |
| Queen's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools | 4 |
| Queen's Road Boys' School | 3 |
| Pelham Road Infants' School | 2 |
| Pelham Central Schools | 3 |
| Dundonald Road Girls' & Infants' Schools | 1 |
| Russell Road Infants' School | 5 |
| Haydons Road Girls' School | 2 |
| Haydons Road Infants' School | 3 |
| Haydons Road Boys' School | 2 |
| Private Schools | 14 |
| Schools outside the district | 9 |
| Total | 64 |
Diphtheria:— The total number of cases notified during
the year was 170 from 143 houses. The attack-rate was 2.8
per thousand of the population.
In three houses there were three cases, in twenty-one
houses two cases, and in the remaining one hundred and
nineteen houses, one case.
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