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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

Kensington and Chelsea 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]

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Table: INFECTIOUS ILLNESS The following table shows the number of cases of infectious illness reported from the schools by head teachers during 1969:-

INFECTIOUS ILLNESS The following table shows the number of cases of infectious illness reported from the schools by head teachers during 1969:-

DiseaseTotalDiseaseTotal
Chicken Pox154Scarlet Fever12
1 Dysentery )
Diarrhoea )16Sore Throat4
Enteritis )
German Measles31Tonsillitis36
Influenza15Whooping Cough9
Impetigo10Bronchitis1
Jaundice6Virus Infection1
Measles47Ear Infection1
Mumps246Reported Bilious6
Opthalmia andGlossitis1
conjunctivitis9Gastric Influenza1
Ringworm (body)2Infective Hepatitis1
Scabies4