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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE XVI.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1935, showing Age and Ward Distribution.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Ages of Cases Notified. | Ward Distribution. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Mill Hill. | Burnt Oak. | West Hendon. | Central Hendon. | Park. | Golders Green. | Garden Suburb. | Child's Hill. | Edgware. | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 378 | 284 | — | 2 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 174 | 55 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 6 | — | 70 | 79 | 41 | 32 | 20 | 60 | 11 | 39 | 26 |
| Diphtheria | 138 | 137 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 4 | — | 13 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 122 | — | 75 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 17 | 54 | 23 | 23 | — | 11 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Other Forms Tuberculosis | 29 | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 112 | — | 65 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 31 | 31 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 26 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 40 | 80 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | _ | 7 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 14 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Undulant Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |