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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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The final diagnosis arrived at in connection with the 565 completed cases was as follows:—
| Scarlet Fever | 325 | |
| Diphtheria | 129 | |
| Diphtheria (Bacteriological) | 8 | |
| Measles | 6 | |
| Rubella | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | |
| Chicken Pox | 3 | |
| Mumps | 5 | |
| Erysipelas | 14 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | ||
| Tubercular Peritonitis | 1 | |
| Myasthenia | ||
| Tonsillitis | 17 | |
| Pharyngitis | 4 | |
| Laryngitis | ||
| Laryngismus Stridulus | 2 | |
| Vincent's Angina | 6 | |
| Bronchial Catarrh | 3 | |
| Lobar Pneumonia | ||
| Streptococcal Rhinitis | ||
| Post-Scarlatinal Rhinitis | ||
| Adenoids | ||
| Thrush | ||
| Allergia | 2 | |
| Influenza | 4 | |
| Adenitis of neck | ||
| Erythema | ||
| Burnt mouth | ||
| Arthritis of knee | ||
| Contusion of back | ||
| Infant admitted with mother | ||
| No observed disease | 4 | |
| *Mixed Infections :— | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Mumps | ||
| * Both present on admission. | 565 | |