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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 1938

[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.

1936193719 38
Chicken-pox28330195
Diphtheria522
Measles255116350
Mumps3968
Scarlet Fever287244
Whooping Cough1513764
599724563

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Measles was very prevalent in 1938 but the other infectious
diseases were below the average. Only two cases of
diphtheria occurred in school children and for this happy state
of affairs credit must be given to the large number of parents
who have taken advantage of the Council's Immunisation
Scheme and to Head Teachers who have largely contributed
to the success of the scheme.
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