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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
Southgate 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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The figures for 1933 were:—
| Southgate | 126 |
| Tottenham | 322 |
| Friern Barnet | 50 |
| Wood Green | 1 |
| Edmonton | 1 |
| 500 |
The diseases for which the 571 patients were admitted were as follows:—
| Scarlet Fever | 245 | ||
| Diphtheria | 177— | -Faucial | 158 |
| Nasal | 9 | ||
| Nasal & Faucial | 3 | ||
| Laryngeal | 4 | ||
| • | Laryngeal & Faucial | 1 | |
| Larvngea: & Nasal | 1 | ||
| Aural & Nasal | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria "Carriers" | 5 | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria | 16 | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria ' 'Carrier'' | 1 | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Burns | 1 | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Chickenpox | |||
| Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough | 1 | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Mastoid | 1 | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Measles | 4 | ||
| Diphtheria and Chickenpox | |||
| Diphtheria and Measles | 8 | ||
| Late Diphtheritic Paralysis | 1 | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | ||
| Chicken-pox | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | 14 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | ||
| Baby with Mother | 1 |