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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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26.
FEVER CASES.
The admissions, deaths end discharges of patients treated in
the fever section, classified according to the disease notified on admission,
are shown below. (Tentative diagnoses are included under the heading of the
disease suspected.)
TABLE XVII.
| Notified as | In Hospital 1.1.44. | Admitted during year | Died during year | Discharged during year | Remaining in Hosp.31.12.44. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 3 | 34 | - | 37 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 67 | 265 | 1 | 323 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Chicken Pox | - | 11 | - | 10 | 1 |
| Chicken Pox and acute appendicitis | 1 | - | _ | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | 40 | 2 | 38 | — |
| Mumps | - | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Measles | - | 11 | - | 10 | 1 |
| Rubella | - | 30 | - | 30 | - |
| Rubella and acute appendicitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Rubella and Meningitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | _ |
| Meningitis | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 17 | - | 18 | - |
| Erysipelas and Meningitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Vincents Angina | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | 34 | - | 34 | 2 |
| Impetigo | - | 4 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Scabies | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Scabies and Impetigo | _ | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Observation | _ | 18 | 1 | 17 | - |
| Admitted with mother for nursing purposes | - | 3 | - . | 3 | - |
| TOTALS | 77 | 485 | 4 | 544 | 14 |
NOTE: The foregoing table of admissions includes the following
cases which were transferred to the Sisters' Hospital,
St. Albans within a day or two of admission:-
1 Diphtheria
1 Scarlet Fever
1 Whooping Cough
1 Erysipelas & Meningitis
2 Dysentery
1 Observation.