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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
Harrow 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
| Disease | Und. 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 75 | 238 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 351 | ||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 77 | ||||
| Dysentery | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | -_ | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 26 1 5 | ||||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | |||||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis | — | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | _- | -_ | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | ||||
| Measles | 45 | 999 | 930 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | -_ | - | 2.038 | ||||
| Whooping cough | 11 | 109 | 62 | 6 | 1 | — | -_ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 191 | ||||
| Paratyphoid fever | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | ||||
| Food poisoning | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | ||||||
| Disease | Cases Notified | Admitted to Hendon Isolation Hospital | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet fever | 360 | 106 | 37 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 17 | 11 | 6 | - | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 77 | 5 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 13 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 30 | 11 | -_ | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | -_ | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 5 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Polioencephalitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 2,038 | 4 | 8 | - | ||||||||||||
| Whooping cough | 191 | 9 | 8 | - | ||||||||||||
| Paratyphoid fever | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
| Food poisoning | 4 | — | — | - | ||||||||||||
CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notification.
The diseases notifiable under the Public Health Act, 1936 are
smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, membranous croup, erysipelas, scarlet
fever, typhus, typhoid, enteric and relapsing fevers.