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Wimbledon 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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The cases occurred in the following numbers at the various
ages: —
Under one 0
One to five 19
Five to fifteen 49
Fifteen to twenty-five 11
Twenty-five to forty-five 7
The following was the Ward incidence: —
Wimbledon Park
2
Removed to Hospita
1
Attack Rate 1
.5
St. Mary's
4
,, ,,
1
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St. John's
14
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13
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2.4
Cottenham Park
11
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10
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1.4
Dundonald
8
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8
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.9
Trinity
29
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29
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2.2
South Park
13
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11
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1.07
Haydon Park
5
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4
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86
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77
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1.3
Percentage of cases : North Wimbledon 36%. South Wimbledon 64%.
Seventy-six, or 86 per cent. of the patients were treated
in the Isolation Hospital.
Fifty-seven per cent. of the cases notified were children
of school age, five to fifteen years, and of these, 47 attended
the following schools: —
Queen's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 2
Queen's Road Boys' School 3
Haydon's Road Boys' School 2
Haydon's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 10
Cottenham Park School 1
Central Mixed School 2
Dundonald Road Girls' and Infants' School 1
Dundonald Road Boys' School 1
Durnsford Road School 1
Effra Road Girls' and Infants' Schools 3
Russell Road Schools 3
Pelham Road Boys' School 2
Private Schools 10
Schools outside the district 6
47
10
Fifty-seven per cent, of the cases notified were children
of school age, five to fifteen years, and of these, 47 attended
the following schools: —
Queen's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools
2
Queen's Road Boys' School
3
Haydon's Road Boys' School
2
Haydon's Road Girls' and Infants' Schools
10
Cottenham Park School
1
Central Mixed School
2
Dundonald Road Girls' and Infants' School
1
Dundonald Road Boys' School
1
Durnsford Road School
1
Effra Road Girls' and Infants' Schools
3
Russell Road Schools
3
Pelhana Road Boys' School
9
Private Schools
10
Schools outside the district
6
47
10