Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE XVII.
Cases of Infectious Disease (Other than Tuberculosis) Notified during the year 1936, showing Age and Ward Distribution.
Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Analysis of cases notified under age groups. | Ward Distribution. | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 282 | 218 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 108 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 46 | 84 | 42 | 26 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 23 | 5 | |
Diphtheria | 86 | 85 | 2 | — | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | 20 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
Pneumonia | 119 | - | 61 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 5 | |
Erysipelas | 45 | 32 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | 40 | 40 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 29 | 9 | — | - | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 9 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | _ | - | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cerebral Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
Dysentery | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 6 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | •— | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | _ | - | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Food Poisoning | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -— | — | 7 | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |