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Hampstead 1924
Report for the year 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health
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(iii) The publication and dissemination of information, and the
giving of instruction on matters relating to venereal diseases
and their treatment (publicity and propaganda work).
There is a Local Propaganda Committee associated with a Voluntary
Body in the Borough which seeks by means of lectures, and in
other ways, to combat these diseases.
Section 3.
Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
The following is a list, alphabetically arranged, of the diseases
which were Compulsorily notifiable in Hampstead during 1924:—
Anthrax
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis,
acute
Cholera
Continued Fever
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Encephalitis Lethargica,
acute
Enteric Fever
Erysipelas
Glanders
Hydrophobia
Malaria
Measles
Membranous Croup
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Plague
Pneumonia, acute influenzal or
acute primary
Polio-Encephalitis, acute
Polio-Myelitis, acute
Puerperal Fever
Relapsing Fever
Scarlatina
Scarlet Fever
Small-pox
Trench Fever
Tuberculosis, all forms
Typhoid Fever
Typhus Fever
No cases of the following notifiable diseases were reported during
the year:—
Anthrax
Cholera
Continued Fever
Dysentery
Glanders
Hydrophobia
Membranous Croup
Plague
Polio-Encephalitis, acute
Relapsing Fever
Small-pox
Trench Fever
Typhus Fever.