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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
Hendon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE XXII.
The numbers of admissions, deaths and discharges during the year, compared with those of the two preceding years, are shewn below:—
| Cases Notified as :— | 1931 | Admissions. 1932. | 1933. | 1931. | Deaths. 1932. | 1933. | 1931 | Discharges. 1932. | 1933. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 149 | 122 | 129 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 143 | 129 | 114 |
| Observation Diphtheria | 6 | 9 | 20 | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 194 | 163 | 325 | 1 | 2 | — | 212 | 161 | 290 |
| Observation Scarlet Fever | 10 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| Measles | 2 | 24 | 7 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 21 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 5 | 10 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Mumps | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Diseases | 10 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 380 | 364 | 561 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 382 | 361 | 504 |