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28.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS. 1894 to 1937.
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Infected Areas Restrictions) Order of 1938.
Two outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease occurring ot Paddington and
Chalfont St. Giles respectively were confirmed "by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries. Hendon was declared an Infected Area on each
outbreak for the purpose of preventing the spreading of the disease.
Movement of animals into an Infccted Area or within an Infected Area was
by licence only. 44 licences were issued or countersigned for movement
of animals into, within or without the district.
Swine Fever Order of 1938.
A suspected case of this disease was reported by the Ministry but not
confirmed. Notices defining the infected place were sent to the Ministry
and persons concerned.
HENDON ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The number of patients admitted was 648 as compared with 485 in the
previous year. The incidence of diphtheria remained low and admissions of
scarlet fever cases fell to 154 as compared with 265 in the previous year.
There was, however, an increase in certain other conditions chiefly measles
(131 patients being admitted as compared with 11 in 1944) with dysentery and
gastro-enteritis, mumps, pneumonia and impetigo and other skin conditions also
showing a rising trend.
The patients treated included 64 out-district cases, the majority of whom
came from the Harrow Urban District, 95 service patients, and 6 from Redhill
Hospital. Admission from the Hendon area totalled 481, or 74.5% of the total.
As from 1st October, 1945, the beds allocated to the Emergency Medical
Services were reduced from 20 to 10, but no patients were admitted during the
year.
Twelve deaths occurred and 606 patients were discharged, leaving 42 in
hospital on 31.12.45.
The admissions, deaths and discharges, classified according to the
disease notified on admission, are shewn overleaf. (Tentative diagnoses
are included under the heading of the suspected disease.)