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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The admissions also include 35 out-district patients, 69 service cases, 1 case from Redhill Hospital and 9 members of staff treated in the infectious wards. Details of these are as under:-
TABLE XVIII
Notified as | Service Cases | Redhill Hospital Cases | Out District Cases. | Staff |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 9 | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 14 | - | 2 | 4 |
Chicken Pox | 4 | _ | 2 | - |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Whooping Cough and Acute Appendicitis | - | - | 1 | - |
Measles | 3 | - | 2 | - |
Rubella | 20 | - | 3 | 3 |
Rubella and Acute Appendicitis | - | - | 1 | - |
Rubella and Meningitis | - | - | 1 | - |
Erysipelas | - | — | 5 | - |
Mumps | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Dysentery | 11 | - | 11 | - |
Scabies and Impetigo | 1 | - | - | - |
Observation | 5 | — | - | 1 |
TOTALS | 69 | 1 | 35 | 9 |
NUMBER CF CASES TREATED AS COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
TABLE XIX.
Notified as | ADMISSIONS | DEATHS | DISCHARGES | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | |
Diphtheria | 44 | 51 | 34 | 1 | 1 | - | 41 | 56 | 37 |
Scarlet Fever | 239 | 56o | 265 | - | - | 1 | 209 | 533 | 323 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 18 | 17 | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 18 |
Measles | 26 | 49 | 11 | _ | - | - | 28 | 49 | 10 |
Whooping Cough | 11 | 6 | 40 | - | - | 2 | 11 | 6 | 38 |
Mumps | 9 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 4 |
Chicken Pox | 4 | 3 | 11 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 11 |
Rubella | 4 | 6 | 31 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 31 |
Dysentery | 1 | 9 | 34 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 34 |
Other Conditions | 29 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 35 | 38 |
TOTALS | 369 | 748 | 485 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 339 | 720 | 544 |
* Out-district cases