London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Attack Rate. | Death Rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 1895 | 4.80 | 0.02 | Per thousand of the Population. |
| 1896-1900 | 3.30 | 0.04 | |
| 1901-1905 | 2.30 | 0.02 | |
| 1906-1910 | 4.07 | 0.05 | |
| 1911-1915 | 3.03 | 0.01 | |
| 1916-1920 | 1.80 | 0.01 | |
| 1921-1925 | 3.04 | 0.02 | |
| 1926-1930 | 2.40 | 0.003 | |
In one house there were three cases, in eight houses there
were two cases, and in the remaining one hundred and eight
houses, one case.
One hundred and ten or eighty-seven per cent. of the
cases, were treated in the Borough Isolation Hospital, Gap
Road.
There were no deaths.
Sixty-four per Cert. of the cases notified were children of
school age, five to fifteen years, and of these, seventy-seven
attended the following schools:—
Dundonald Road Boys' School 1
Dundonald Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 15
Wimbledon Park School 11
Russell Road Mixed School 3
Haydon's Road Boys' School 1
Haydon's Road Girls' School 1
Haydon's Road Infants' School 1
Cottenham Park School 2
Queen's Road Boys' School 4
Queen's Road Girls' School 6
Queen's Road Infants' School 2
Effra Road Girls' School 7
Effra Road Infants' School 4
Pelham Road Infants' School 5
Central School for Girls 1
Private Schools 8
Schools outside the Borough 5
Total 77
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