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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
Greenford 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenford]
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Table 2.
Cases of Infectious Disease notifed during the Year 1915.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| Small-pox | ||||||||
| Cholera | ||||||||
| Plague | ||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Scarlet fever | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Typhus fever | ||||||||
| Enteric fever | ||||||||
| Relapsing fever | ||||||||
| Continued fever | ||||||||
| Puerperal fever | ||||||||
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Poliomyelitis | ||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | ||||||||
| Totals | 24 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Total Cases notified in each Locality—Greenford 17; Greenford Green and Horsenden, 7.
Total Cases removed to Hospital 17—4 Diphtheria; 11 Scarlet Fever; 2 Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Temporary Isolation Hospital for Scarlet Fever Cases at Horsenden, 2; 4 cases of Scarlet Fever
were treated here; 6 were sent to the Ealing Isolation Hospital; and 1, a military case, to Harrow.
Sanatorium.—South Mimms, Clare Hall, and for Small Pox.