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Hendon 1938
[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 in Table XXII. below. It should be pointed out that many of the outdistrict
cases admitted during the year were of a serious nature, and that the mortality rate among
these patients was higher than that of Hendon cases. Of the 12 deaths during the year, 5 were outdistrict
cases and one was a patient transferred from the Redhill Hospital (a Harrow resident), while
among the Hendon cases, which comprised 75 per cent. of the total dealt with, there were only 6 deaths.
| Cases Notified as:- | Admissions. | Deaths. | Discharges. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | |
| Diphtheria or ? Diphtheria | 95 | 134 | 207 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 94 | 115 | 210 |
| Scarlet Fever or ? Scarlet Fever | 220 | 196 | 275 | 2 | 1 | — | 209 | 207 | 281 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 3 | — | 17 | 25 | 26 |
| Measles | 90 | 39 | 89 | — | 2 | 3 | 90 | 35 | 86 |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 20 |
| Mumps | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | — | — | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Other Diseases | 32 | 66 | 67 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 53 | 66 |
| Totals | 483 | 484 | 689 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 465 | 454 | 691 |