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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Health Education
During the year 500 copies of "Better Health" have
been distributed monthly through the medium of the
senior departments in the Elementary Schools and the
Infant welfare Centres. These periodicals are utilized
in the schools for the teaching of hygiene and are then
taken home and given to parents. I have received many
reports as to the excellence of the material contained in
"Better Health," and I am satisfied that the small expenditure
incurred in distributing this publication is
amply justified.
I the following table shows the conditions as to overcrowding of the households invaded by diphtheria and scarlet fever during 1928:—
| Housing Conditions. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 person per room. | 1-2 persons per room. | More than 2 persons per room. | ||||
| Cases under 15 years of age. | Susceptibles, including those attacked, under 15 years of age. | Cases under 15 years of age. | Susceptibles, including those attacked, under 15 years of J age. | Cases under 15 years of age. | Susceptibles, including those attacked, under 15 years of age. | |
| Diphtheria: | ||||||
| Home Cases | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Hospital Cases | 9 | 18 | 44 | 151 | 3 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever: | ||||||
| Home Cases | 27 | 44 | 11 | 18 | — | — |
| Hospital Cases | 27 | 66 | 29 | 95 | — | — |
| 64 | 133 | 84 | 265 | 3 | 16 | |
(These figures do not include 1 case which occurred in an Institution.)
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