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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Infectious Diseases.

Table: The following list gives the number of cases which were brought to the notice of the School Medical Officer for the past three years.

The following list gives the number of cases which were brought to the notice of the School Medical Officer for the past three years.

193519361937
Chicken-pox6283301
Diphtheria12152
Measles3255116
Mumps44396
Scarlet Fever492872
Whooping Cough3815137
152599724

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There was a considerable increase in the cases of
Whooping Cough, Mumps and Scarlet Fever over the previous
year, but Diphtheria with only 2 cases, fell to almost
vanishing point. There can be little doubt that this is largely
due to the excellent response by parents to the Council's
scheme for immunisation and to the part played bv head
teachers in making the scheme a success.
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