London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The following table gives the monthly numbers of cases of non-notifiable infections occurring in the schools compiled from weekly returns of Head Teachers—all these cases are visited in their homes by School Nurses.
| Month | Jaundice | Sore Throats | German Measles | Chicken Pox | Mumps | Whooping. Cough | Scabies | Impetigo | Tinea | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | B. | A. | B. | A | B. | A. | B. | A. | B. | A. | B. | A. | B. | A. | B. | A. | B. | |
| Jan | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | 43 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Feb | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 14 | 45 | 32 | 13 | — | 6 | 9 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Mar. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 40 | 36 | 61 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | — |
| Apr. | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 51 | 20 | 71 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — |
| May. | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 48 | 30 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| June | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| July | 2 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Aug. | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | -. | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sept. | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 6 | - | 3 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | — | 2 | — |
| Oct. | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Nov. | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Dec | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 528 | 191 | 352 | 255 | 152 | 36 | 48 | 46 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| A represents—children in Infants' Department. B represents—children in Junior and Senior Departments. | ||||||||||||||||||