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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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The numbers of admissions, deaths and discharges during the year, compared with those of the two preceding years, are shown below :—
TABLE XXIII.
| Gases Notified as | Admissions. | Deaths. | Discharges. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934. | . 1935. | 1936. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936 | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | |
| Diphtheria (including ? Diphtheria) | 151 | 154 | 95 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 143 | 160 | 94 |
| Scarlet Fever (including ? Scarlet Fever) | 632 | 296 | 220 | 1 | _ | 2 | 626 | 333 | 209 |
| Erysipelas | 24 | 13 | 19 | — | — | 1 | 25 | 14 | 17 |
| Measles | 22 | 6 | 90 | — | — | — | 22 | 6 | 90 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| Mumps | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | — | - | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — |
| Other Diseases | 21 | 27 | 32 | 1 | — | 1 | 22 | 26 | 32 |
| Totals | 856 | 513 | 483 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 843 | 553 | 465 |