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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 1970

[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 1970:-

INFECTIOUS ILLNESS The following table shows the number of cases of infectious illness reported from the schools by head teachers during 1970:-

DiseaseTotalDiseaseTotal
Chicken pox135Ophthalmia and conjunctivitis2
Diphtheria1Pneumonia3
Dysentery23Ringworm (Scalp)11
Diarrhoea
Enteritis
German Measles35Ringworm (Body)4
Influenza9Scabies9
Impetigo7Scarlet fever24
Jaundice19Tonsillitis23
Measles56Whooping Cough24