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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE. | Entrants. | Leavers. | Intermediate Group. | Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Total | Per cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | |
| Measles | 286 | 302 | 588 | 60.87 | 112 | 124 | 236 | 65.9 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 64.86 | 408 | 440 | 848 | 62.3 |
| Whooping Cough | 183 | 211 | 394 | 40.78 | 51 | 80 | 131 | 36.6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 43.24 | 210 | 301 | 541 | 39.8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 12 | 31 | 3.2 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 13.96 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 4 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 61 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1.44 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3.6 | — | 1 | 1 | 2.7 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2.06 |
| Chicken Pox | 125 | 130 | 255 | 26.4 | 44 | 72 | 116 | 32.4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29.7 | 175 | 207 | 382 | 28.1 |