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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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The following table gives the incidence rates (per 1,000 of the population) for Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the County of Middlesex as a whole, for the neighbouring parish of Edmonton, and for certain other districts having populations approximating to that of Tottenham.
| Population (Revised Estimate) | Scarlet Fever Incidence Rate | Diphtheria Incidence Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Middlesex | 1,210,389 | 4.81 | 1.82 |
| Edmonton | 69,294 | 5.33 | 2.22 |
| Willesden | 164,115 | 4.63 | 1.79 |
| Sunderland | 152,436 | 5.47 | 1.34 |
| Oldham | 150,055 | 8.44 | 1.09 |
| East Ham | 142,905 | 4.77 | 2.27 |
| Blackburn | 134,015 | 5.25 | 0.46 |
| Birkenhead | 135,789 | 2.69 | 0.93 |
| Brighton | 133,186 | 3.17 | 1.66 |
Special Precautions to be observed when cases of Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria, Typhoid or other infectious diseases are nursed at home.
1.- Children from the house in which any infectious case of the
above-mentioned kind is nursed, should not attend either a day or
Sunday School, and any of the inhabitants suffering from "Sickness,"
sore throat, lumps in the neck, or peeling of the skin, should be
immediately reported to the doctor.
2.- Notice of any library or school books in use on the premises
should be given to the Public Health Department at the Town
Hall, so that arrangements may be made for their disinfection,
and no new books should be borrowed until the rooms, bedding,
clothing, etc., have been disinfected.
3. The patient should be isolated in a well.ventilated room,
situated as far from the noises of the house and street as possible,
and no one except the person acting as nurse should be allowed to
enter the room. All superfluous furniture, more especially of the soft
variety, should be immediately removed from the room chosen. It is
well also to have the floor mopped out, preferably with water containing