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Hendon 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLE XVIII.

TABLE XVIII.

Disease.Case rate per 1,000 population.
Hendon.England & Wales.
Scarlet Fever2.002.53
Diphtheria0.611.39

Table: The following are the number of cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever notified during the last five years :—TABLE XIX.

The following are the number of cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever notified during the last five years :—

TABLE XIX.

Disease.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.
Scarlet Fever217442785378382
Diphtheria14315715813886

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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Information regarding the prevalence of these diseases is
mainly obtained from the weekly returns supplied by the head
teachers of elementary schools, the incidence as far as is
known is shown in Table 32 of the school medical report.
Advantage is taken of the information to visit certain of
these cases, particularly where it is known that no doctor is
in attendance and during the year your school nurses made
1,177 visits in connection with these diseases.
DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of the clothing, bedding and premises is done
after removal of each case of practically all notifiable diseases,
and the following statement shows the work carried out
during the year :—
637 infected rooms and places disinfected by spraying
with a solution of Formalin, or by vaporising of
Formaldehyde Tablets,