Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE OF ADMISSIONS.
(Cases are classified according to the disease notified on admission, tentative diagnoses being included under the heading of the suspected disease.)
Notified as:— | InHospital 1/1/48. | Admitted during year. | Died during year. | Dis-charged during year | Remaining in Hospital 4/7/48. |
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Diphtheria | 2 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 6 |
Vincents Angina | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 17 | 195 | — | 175 | 37 |
Measles | 7 | 93 | 1 | 98 | 1 |
Measles and Whooping | |||||
Cough | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Cholera | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Glandular Fever | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
Rubella | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 64 | 3 | 58 | 7 |
Abortion | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
Pneumonia | 3 | 20 | — | 22 | 1 |
Mumps | — | 10 | — | 9 | 1 |
Chicken Pox | 6 | 18 | — | 23 | 1 |
Cerebro - Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 14 | 1 | 16 | — |
Poliomyelitis | 5 | 7 | — | 12 | — |
Typhoid Fever | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Paratyphoid Fever | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
Gastro-Enteritis, etc. | 3 | 9 | 2 | 10 | — |
Dysentery | — | 29 | — | 29 | — |
Erysipelas | 1 | 21 | — | 19 | 3 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Nursing Mothers | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Otorrheea | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
Infective Hepatitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
Observation | 1 | 7 | — | 7 | 1 |
Nursing Infants | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 |
Pleurisy | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Streptococcal Tonsillitis | — | 11 | — | 10 | 1 |
Skin Conditions | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
TOTALS | 56 | 557 | 10 | 539 | 6 |