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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
Edmonton 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Month. | Mumps. | Whooping Cough. | Chicken Pox. | Doubtful Cases. | Influenza. | Totals. |
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*Schools closed for holidays. †Notifiable.
SCHOOL NOTIFICATIONS.
Visits and re-visits concerning measles and the non-notifiable diseases such
as whooping cough, chicken-pox, etc., 1923 to 2823 children at 1725 homes. Of
this number 465 visits were for measles. Last year the figures were 2130, 3125,
and 1689 respectively. (For further information see Annual report of School
Medical Officer.)
| Visits to Private Schools | 1 |
| Enquiries re complaints | 94 |
| Miscellaneous visits (see last year) | 205 |
| Visits re nuisances | 234 |
| ,, ,, overcrowding | 1 |
| Total | 535 |
| Office Work. | Statistical Work. | Tuberculosis Accounts. | Infant Welfare Centre. | |
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