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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| No. | Age. | Sex. | Notification. | Date of | Milkman. A, B & C. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onset of Illness. | Sickness (if any). | Rash. | |||||
| 31 | 9 | M. | June 20 | June 17 | June 18 | June 18 | A |
| 32 | 47 | F. | „ 21 | „ 19 | „ — | „ 19 | A |
| 33 | 64 | F. | „ 21 | „ 17 | „ — | „ 20 | A |
| 34 | 11 | F. | „ 21 | „ 17 | „ 17 | „ — | A |
| 35 | 13 | F. | „ 21 | „ 18 | „ — | „ — | A |
| 36 | 4½ | M. | „ 21 | „ 17 | „ — | „ 18 | A |
| 37 | 7 | F. | „ 21 | „ 17 | „ — | „ — | B |
| 38 | 39 | M. | „ 21 | „ 16 | „ 16 | „ — | B |
| 39 | 10 | F. | „ 21 | „ 17 | „ — | „ 17 | B |
| 40 | 8 | F. | „ 21 | „ 17 | „ 17 | „ 18 | B |
| 41 | 10 | M. | „ 21 | „ 19 | „ — | „ 20 | C |
| 42 | 23 | F. | „ 22 | „ 21 | „ — | „ — | A |
| 43 | 13 | M. | „ 22 | „ 22 | „ — | „ — | C |
| 44 | 16 | M. | „ 22 | „ 19 | „ — | „ 20 | A |
| 45 | 2½ | F. | „ 23 | „ 20 | „ 21 | „ — | A |
| 46 | 33 | F. | „ 23 | „ 18 | „ — | „ 22 | A |
| 47 | 5 | M. | „ 23 | „ 17 | „ 17 | „ 19 | B |
| *48 | 17 | M. | „ 26 | „ — | „ — | „ — | A |
* Peeling when notified.
As I have pointed out in previous reports, a prime factor
in the spread of Scarlet Fever is the presence of unrecognised
and carrier cases of the disease in our Elementary Schools.
The extreme mildness of the disease as compared with the type
formerly prevailing renders the occurrence of "missed" or
unrecognised cases extremely likely, and it is to these
"missed" infections that we are bound to attribute many of
the cases which are notified. Instances of these occurred in
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