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 Harrow]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (other than Tuberculosis)
Disease. | Under 1 yr. | 1-4 yrs. | 5-9 yrs. | 10-14 yrs. | 15-19 yrs. | 20-24 yrs. | 25-34 yrs. | 35-44 yrs. | 45-54 yrs. | 55-64 yrs. | 65 & over. | Total |
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Scarlet Fever | 70 | 166 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 317 | |
Diphtheria | - | 10 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 54 | |
Pneumonia | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 117 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 46 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 19 |
Enteric Fever | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | |
Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Acute Poliomyelitis Encephalitis | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Lethargica Polio | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
encephalitis | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | 5 |
Food Poisoning | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 11 |
Measles | — | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Disease. | Cases to Notified | Admitted to Harrow Isolation Hospital | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitte to othe Hospitals | Deaths Registered | |||||||
Scarlet Fever | 325 | 249 | - | - | - | |||||||
Diphtheria | 86 | 78 | 1 | - | 9 | |||||||
Pneumonia | 117 | - | - | - | 71 | |||||||
Erysipelas | 46 | — | 16 | - | 1 | |||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | - | 8 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
Enteric Fever | 12 | - | 7 | 2 | - | |||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum . | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | |||||||
Urebro-spinal Fever | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
Dysentery | 4 | - | 1 | |||||||||
Acute poliomyelitis | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | |||||||
Eephalitis Lethargica | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
uu-encepnalitis | 5 | — | — | 5 | - | |||||||
Food Poisoning | 11 | — | - | - | - | |||||||
Measles | 3 | — | - | - | - | |||||||
Whooping Cough | 8 | — | 14 | — | 3 |