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Finchley 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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3.—Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108,

Nature of Work.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions
Wearing Apparel; Making, &c25......
Lace: Luce Curtains and Nets.........
Total25......

PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Diphtheria.
Seventy-nine cases of Diphtheria were notified
during the year, as compared with 56 in 1927, and 73
cases were removed to hospital. In a considerable number
of cases the disease was of a severe type and there
were 5 deaths, giving a case mortality of 6.3 percent.
A supply of Diphtheria antitoxin is kept at the
Public Health Department for use by local practitioners,
but as a rule antitoxin is not given before the patient is
moved to hospital.
Scarlet Fever.
One hundred and twenty-seven cases of Scarlet
Fever were notified during the year, as compared with
93 cases in 1927, and 82 cases were removed to hospital.
There was no death from this disease. Scarlet Fever
continues to be of a very mild type, and in many cases
the rash is so fleeting or so poorly developed or others
of the old-standing cardinal symptoms are so often
wanting that diagnosis is often exceedingly difficult.
Yet, this mild type appears to be just as infectious as
the more severe type of past years.
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