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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
Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Cases nursed at home:—
Child aged 4 months.
Had been ill for 2 months; developed Bronchitis five
days before death. Was under the supervision of a
doctor.
Child aged 4 years.
Developed Pneumonia. Was under the supervision of a
doctor.
Epidemic Diarrhœa.
Ten deaths at all ages occurred in 1927 from Diarrhoea and
Enteritis. Of these seven took place among children under two years
of age.
Polio-Myelitis.
One case occurred during the year. The case that was notified
was that of a female child, aged 3½ years, and the patient is still in
hospital, making progress.