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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 31.
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTIMATED FROM THE SCHOOLS.
| 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering. | Attended by Doctor. | Suffering. | Attended by Doctor. | Notified. | Suffering as Notified. | Secondary and Additional Gases Discovered. | Total 1906. | Attended by Doctor. | |
| Measles | 730 | 274 | 1,636 | 930 | 379 | 169 | 199 | 368 | 213 |
| Whooping Cough | 90 | 35 | 1,095 | 592 | 319 | 220 | 235 | 455 | 214 |
| Chicken Pox | 108 | 102 | 281 | 122 | 337 | 209 | 134 | 343 | 135 |
| Mumps | 62 | 18 | 126 | 32 | 797 | 500 | 160 | 660 | 192 |
| Tuberculosis | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | |
| Influenza | 13 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 10 |
| Ringworm & Scabies | 262 | 103 | 341 | 142 | 296 | 278 | 78 | 356 | 119 |
| Ophthalmia | 45 | 9 | 50 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 8 |
| Other Diseases | 212 | 74 | 584 | 132 | 347 | 279 | 228 | 507 | 169 |
| Verminous Heads | 26 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 12 | .. | |
| Totals | 1,554 | 627 | 4,156 | 1,989 | 2,539 | 1,711 | 1,073 | 2,784 | 1,073 |