Operation Pied Piper: a geographical reappraisal of the impact of wartime evacuation on scarlet fever and diphtheria rates in England and Wales, 1939–1945

This paper examines the geographical impact of the British Government’s wartime evacuation scheme on notified rates of two common acute childhood diseases (scarlet fever and diphtheria) in the 1470 local government districts of England and Wales, 1939–1945. Drawing on the notifications of communicab...

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Main Authors: Smallman-Raynor, Matthew, Cliff, Andrew
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28243/