London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finchley 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Puerperal Fever.
No case was notified.
Erysipelas.
29 cases were notified and 3 deaths occurred. The cases
occurred in different households.
Non-Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Measles.
No unusual prevalence of this disease was noticed, and
4 deaths were registered as due to this cause.
Whooping Cough
Whooping Cough was rather prevalent in the late spring
and early summer, and 4 deaths occurred. All were children
under 5 years of age.