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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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18,
FEVER CASES.
The admission, deaths and discharges of patients treated in the fever
section, classified according to the disease notified on admission, were as under;-
TABLE XI
| - Notified as | Hospital 1.1.43. | Admitted during year | Died during year | Dis-charged during year | Remaining in Hosp. 31.12.43. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria or ? diphtheria | 9 | 51 | 1 | 56 | 1 3 |
| Diphtheria Carrier | – | 3 | 3 | – | |
| Scarlet Fever or ? Scarlet Fever | 560 | – | 533 | 67 | |
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough | - | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 6 | – | ||
| Chicken Pox | 2 | - | 2 | – | |
| Chicken Pox and acute appendicitis | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Chicken pox and Measles | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Measles | – | 49 | – | 49 | |
| Rubella | 6 | – | 6 | – | |
| Mumps | – | 8 | – | 8 | – |
| Erysipelas | – | 18 | 17 | 1 | |
| Meningitis | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Anterior poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | – | 7 | – | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 9 | – | 8 | 2 |
| Impetigo | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | |
| Observation | 13 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Admitted with mother for nursing purposes | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| 748 | 3 | 720 | 77 |
NOTE: The foregoing Table of admissions includes the following three out-district
cases which wore transferred to neighbouring hospitals within 24 hours of
admission: -
1 ease of Diphtheria transferred to Wembley Isolation Hospital
1 " " " " " " Harrow " " "
1 " " Scarlet Fever " " Wembley " "