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Hendon 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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(4) Fever.
The Hendon Urban District Council provides an
Isolation Hospital. The present hospital is a temporary
building with accommodation for 16 Scarlet Fever and
8 Diphtheria patients. These numbers are frequently
exceeded and it has been decided to provide additional
temporary accommodation and to proceed with a scheme
for a new permanent isolation hospital adequate to the
needs of the district.
The following shews the number of patients treated in
the hospital each year since it was first opened;
Year.
Number of
Patients.
Year.
Number of
Patients.
1890
4
1906
92
1891
23
1907
53
1892
23
1908
83
1893
70
1909
175
1894
66
1910
125
1895
51
1911
100
1896
60
1912
129
1807
23
1913
102
1898
86
1914
219
1899
74
1915
118
1900
41
1916
62
1901
83
1917
92
1902
55
1918
79
1903
80
1919
118
1904
83
1920
199
1905
74
1921
176
The diseases treated were:
Scarlet Fever 2,376
Diphtheria 378
Enteric Fever 47
Smallpox 10
Erysipelas 6
Measles 1