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 Southgate]
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The diseases for which the 372 patients were admitted during 1940 were as follows:
Scarlet fever | 77 |
Scarlet fever & Diphtheria | 1 |
Scarlet fever & Bronchitis | 1 |
Diphtheria | 41 |
Diphtheria "Carriers" | 2 |
Diphtheria & Pneumonia | 1 |
Erysipelas | 13 |
Typhoid fever | 5 |
Dysentery | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 |
Baby with mother | 3 |
Pneumonia (incl. Influenza) | 45 |
Measles | 35 |
Measles & Bronchitis | 12 |
Measles & Pneumonia | 5 |
Measles & Ulcerative Colitis | 1 |
Measles, Mumps & Otitis Media | 1 |
Measles & ? Mastoid | 2 |
Mother with child | 1 |
German Measles | 82 |
German Measles & Bronchitis | 1 |
German Measles & Appendicitis | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 2 |
Whooping Cough & Pneumonia | 2 |
Chicken pox | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis "Carrier" | 1 |
Others | 24 |
DEATHS. Five deaths took place during the year, as
compared with 2 in 1939. These 5 deaths occurred
from the following diseases:
Diphtheria 1
(Tottenham patient, aged 6)
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 2
(1 Southgate patient,aged 1½)
(1 Tottenham patient,aged 15)
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