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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

Willesden 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: TABLE No. 21.Table showing cases admitted wrongly diagnosed and the diseases for which they were mistaken.

TABLE No. 21.

Table showing cases admitted wrongly diagnosed and the diseases for which they were mistaken.

Admitted foeSuffering fbom
Diphtheria.Scarlet Fever.Small Pox.
111Measles
1......Scarlet Fever
...11Chicken Pox
...31Febricula
1......Pneumonia
2......Bronchitis
8......Tonsillitis, Sore Throat
......1Pemphigus
......1Syphilis
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It must not be supposed that the errors above
recorded are evidence of carelessness or incompetence
on the part of the certifying medical attendant. In
many cases the notifications asking for removal were
accompanied by notes pointing out the doubtful nature