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 Wembley]
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Special examinations made:—
+ Sonne | + Morgan No. 1 | + Morgan No. 2 | + Typhimurium | + Giardia Lamblia. | Others | Negative | Urine | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
February | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 6 |
March | 23 | 5 | — | — | 4 | — | 46 | 6 |
April | 13 | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | 45 | 3 |
May | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | — |
June | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 16 | 1 |
July | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 15 | — |
August | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1 |
September | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | 1 |
October | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 22 | 9 |
November | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 19 | 1 |
December | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | — |
Totals | 43 | 8 | — | 2 | 26 | 3 | 224 | 35 |
Treatment sessions at Wembley Hospital. No. of Cases Reported.
January | 90 | July | 66 |
February | 88 | August | 62 |
March | 57 | September | 82 |
April | 64 | October | 70 |
May | 83 | November | 42 |
June | 68 | December | 19 |
Total — 791 |
Numbers affected in Individual Families.
1 person in 127 families. 5 persons in 22 families.
2 persons in 84 families. 6 persons in 5 families.
3 persons in 51 families. 7 persons in 2 families.
4 persons in 43 families. 8 persons in 1 family.
9 persons in 1 family.
31 recurrent cases—1 in 4 families, 2 in 2 families, 3 in 1
family, 4 in 2 families, 5 in 1 family, and 7 in 1 family.
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