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Harrow 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIONS.
Chickenpox.
Intimations were received from the head teachers of the local schools
of 583 cases of chickenpox amongst school children. No schools were
really heavily attacked. Many were affected in the spring, but rather
more in the summer term.
Mumps.
Mumps was prevalent particularly in the summer term. In all
689 intimations were received. One school had 112 cases in the one term.
VERMIN INFESTATION.
Scabies.
There was a marked falling-off in the number of persons attending
for treatment, only 801 as compared with a figure of 1,714 in the previous
year. Seventy-five were children under 5, 220 children of 5-15, the
remainder adults. Of these this year again the greater number were
women.
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notification | Brought to notice other than by Form A | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1-4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 5-9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10-14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | —. | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15-19 | 14 | 17 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 20-24 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 4 | . 6 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 25-34 | 34 | 22 | — | 5 | 9 | 14 | — | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35-44 | 25 | 21 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 9 | 6 | — | — |
| 45-54 | 17 | 7 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 19 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 55-64 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 & up | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Total | 143 | 112 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 24 | 4 | 7 |
There was a sharp rise in the number of pulmonary cases first learned
of during the year, 308 as against 261 in 1945. Of these, 36 were of
persons in whom the disease was diagnosed while they were in the
Services. Of those of whom particulars are known, 92 were notified in
other districts before they came here, having already contracted the
infection before transfer. This leaves 170 who, presumably, contracted
the infection while living here. In 29 cases there was a family history of
tuberculosis.