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Station and then to Kingsbury Station and north
of Kingsbury Road including the angular area
between Kingsbury Road and Fryent Way immediately
south of Kingsbury Station- Tuberculosis Officer,
Chest Clinic, Redhill County Hospital, patients
seen by appointment only. See LABORATORY SERVICES
for examination of sputum. Sputum flasks and
paper handkerchiefs granted free to necessitous
cases having domiciliary treatment.
VERMIN - Assistance of Health Visitors
available to advise regarding disinfestation of
head and body and Health Visitor would follow up
case to see that instructions have been effectively
carried out on request of private medical
practitioner. For severe cases with secondary
head or skin infection, endeavour will be made on
request to find hospital accommodation for a few
days. Disinfestation of bed and body clothing
available at Council's disinfection station on
application to Public Health Department.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
A remarkably low incidence of the
infectious diseases maintained throughout 1940.
In the country as a whole Cerebro-spinal Fever
and German Measles reached relatively high
epidemic proportions. In Wembley there were
17 cases of Cerebro-spinal Fever (3 in 1939
and 1 in 1938), and there was a definite local
epidemic of German Measles.
The usual experience with regard to
Measles has been an epidemic prevalence every
two years, but 1940 was not a "measles year"
as expected. By November, however, the number
of cases notified had begun to rise and, a typical
epidemic peak was reached in February 1941.
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