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 IX
NOTIFIED AS:- | IN HOSPITAL 1.1. 42 | ADMITTED DURING ' YEAR | DIED DURING YEAR | DISCHARGED DURING YEAR | REMAINING IN HOSP. 31.12.42 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria or ? Diphtheria | 7 | 44 | 1 | 41 | 9 |
Diphtheria Carrier | 2 | 2 | |||
Scarlet Fever or? Scarlet fever | 10 | 239 | - | 209 | 40 |
Scarlet Fever & Chicken Pox | 2 | 2 | - | ||
Scarlet Fever & Whooping Cough | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Whooping Cough | 11 | 11 | |||
Whooping Cough & Measles | 1 | 1 | |||
Chicken Pox | 4 | 4 | |||
Rubella | - | 4 | 4 | - | |
Measles | 2 | 26 | 28 | - | |
Measles & Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Post Measles Mastoiditis | - | 1 | 1 | ||
Mumps | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
? Poliomyelitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 2 | |||
Dysentery | 1 | - | 1 | ||
Scabies | - | 4 | - | 4 | - |
Impetigo | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | |
Observation | 3 | 5 | 8 | _ | |
Admitted with Mother for Nursing Purpose | 1 | - | 1 | ||
TOTAL i | 25 | 369 | 3 | 339 | 52 |
NUMBER OF CASES TREATED AS COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
TABLE X
notified as:- | admissions | deaths | discharges | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1941 | 1942 | 1941 | 1942 | 1941 | 1942 | |
diphtheria or ? Diphtheria | 68 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 41 |
Scarlet Fever or ? Scarlet Fever | 167 | 239 | _ | - | 177 | 209 |
Erysipelas | 9 | 2 | - | - | 9 | 3 |
Measles | 12 | 26 | 14 | 28 | ||
Whooping Cough | 11 | 11 | - | - | 12 | 11 |
Mumps | - | 9 | ||||
Other conditions | 39 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 38 |
total | 306 | 369 | 3 | 3 | 320 | 339 |
PINAL DIAGNOSIS.
The final diagnosis arrived at in connection with the 342 completed cases
is shown as follows:-