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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—T able N o . 15. No. of Notifications of—

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—T able N o . 15. No. of Notifications of—

Diphtheria254
Erysipelas56
Scarlet Fever166
Enteric Fever9
Puerperal Fever6
Cerebro-Spinal Fever8
Poliomyelitis3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum29
Measles and German Measles3424
Pulmonary Tuberculosis302
Other forms of Tuberculosis64
*Whooping Cough238
Total4559

Table: SCARLET FEVER.—T able N o . 16.

SCARLET FEVER.—T able N o . 16.

Number of cases notified166
Number of cases removed to Hospital141
Percentage of cases removed to Hospital84.9
Incidence Rate per 1,000 of population0.98
Fatality Rate per 1,000 cases12

Table: RETURN CASES OF SCARLET FEVER.—T able N o . 17.

RETURN CASES OF SCARLET FEVER.—T able N o . 17.

Number of infecting cases2
Number of infecting cases per cent. of cases notified1.2
Number of return cases2
Number of return cases per cent. of cases notified1.2