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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Number of cases to be completed in 1939 273
| 1-5 yrs. | 5-10 yrs. | 10-15 yrs. | Over 15 yrs. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | 3 | 1 | — | - | 4 |
| Moderate | — | — | - | 1 | 1 |
| Severe | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 8 |
The material used as diphtheria prophylactic is toxoid-antitoxin
mixture (T.A.M.).
Typhoid Fever (including Paratyphoid).—Two cases of typhoid
fever were notified during the year, as against 3 cases of paratyphoid
B fever during 1937.
In each case the source of infection appeared to be connected
with a localised Metropolitan outbreak which occurred towards the
latter part of the year.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.—Nine cases of
puerperal pyrexia were notified during the year, this being the
same number of cases as occurred during 1937.
It will be remembered that the term "Puerperal Pyrexia"
now includes "any febrile condition occurring in a woman within
21 days after childbirth or miscarriage in which a temperature of
100.4° F. or more has been sustained during a period of 24 hours
or has recurred during that period."
Five of the cases notified occurred in nursing homes in the
district, the remaining four occurring in the patients' own homes.
Four of the patients were removed to the Isolation Hospital, while
two were admitted to the Queen Charlotte's Isolation Block,
Hammersmith, and one to the Mildmay Hospital. One death
occurred.
The services of Mr. Read, the Council's consulting gynaecologist,
were requisitioned on two occasions during the year, while
Mr. Hudson, of the North Middlesex County Hospital, was called
in consultation on one occasion.
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