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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
Paddington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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SCARLET FEVER.
During 1933 there were 396 cases of scarlet fever notified.
Of the cases notified 4 were under the age of 1 year, 115 between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 198
between the ages of 5 and 15 years, 69 between the ages of 15 and 35 years, and 10 over the age of
35 years.
Of the 396 cases, 365 were removed to Isolation Hospitals. The remaining cases were treated at
home, proper facilities being available for isolation and treatment . There was one death from this
disease during the year.
The clinical picture of scarlet fever nowadays is totally different from what it was 50 years ago.
It was then a dangerous disease with a high case-mortality. It is now a disease of minor importance
as compared with measles, diphtheria and whooping cough.
1933.
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DIPHTHERIA.
(Including Membranous Croup.)
During 1933 there were 277 cases of diphtheria notified, but none of membranous croup. Of the
277 cases 4 were under the age of 1 year, 78 between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 151 between the ages
of 5 and 15 years, 37 between the ages of 15 and 35 years, and 7 aged 35 years and upwards.
Two hundred and seventy-two patients were removed to Isolation Hospitals. The remaining
cases were treated at home, proper facilities being available for isolation and treatment. Nineteen
deaths from this disease occurred during 1933, 2 of the deaths being those of children under the age of
5 years.