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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
Wealdstone 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water). 1,072
Total population at all ages, 5,901. Number of inhabited houses, 1,021. Average number of persons per house, 5¾.
At Census of 1901.
| I. | II. | III. |
|---|---|---|
| Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. | Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
| Nil. | Council Asylum, Napsbury, St. Albans. Union Infirmary (Hendon). | |
| Harrow Cottage Hospital and Stanmore Cottage Hospital, also several London Hospitals. |
Is the Union Workhouse within tha District ?—No.
TABLE III.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING
THE YEAR 1907.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||
| 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | |||
| Diphtheria (including membranous Croup) | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 42 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
Isolation Hospital, Hendon Rural District Council, Stanmore.