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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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30.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS.
Of the 618 cases which were discharged or died during 1945, one patient,
who was transferred to the Wembley Isolation Hospital after 1 day's treatment,
has been excluded from the Table of Pinal Diagnosis and from all subsequent
figures in the Report. Pinal diagnosis in respect of the remainder was as
follows: -
TABLE XVIII
| Disease | Discharged | Died | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Diphtheria "carrier" | 1 | - | 1 |
| Vincent's Angina | 4 | - | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 144 | - | 144 |
| Scarlet Fever & Measles | 1 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever & Chicken Pox | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | 124 | 2 | 126 |
| Measles & Whooping Cough | 3 | - | 3 |
| Measles & Appendicitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 21 | - | 21 |
| Rubella | 9 | - | 9 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | - | 14 |
| Whooping Cough & Appendicitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Mumps | 37 | - | 37 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 3 | - | 3 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Infective hepatitis | 8 | - | 8 |
| Dysentery (bacillary) | 27 | - | 27 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | 2 |
| Tonsillitis | 50 | - | 50 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | 3 | - | 3 |
| Broncho-pneumonia & Cerebral tumour | - | 1 | 1 |
| Lobar pneumonia | 4 | - | 4 |
| Acute bronchitis | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Influenza | 4 | - | 4 |
| Acute Appendicitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Perforated gastric ulcer | 1 | - | 1 |
| Carcinoma of colon | 1 | - | 1 |
| Diabetic ulcer | 1 | - | 1 |
| Laryngeal spasm | 1 | - | 1 |
| Rhinorrhoea | 1 | - | 1 |
| Epistaxis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cervical Adenitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Infantile eczema & septicaemia | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dermatitis | 11 | — | 11 |
| Impetigo | 25 | - | 25 |
| Scabies | 6 | - | 6 |
| Septic conditions | 8 | - | 8 |
| Sub-phrenic abscess | 1 | - | 1 |
| Brachial paresis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Psycho-neurosis | 2 | - | 2 |
| Tubercular arthritis of hip | 1 | - | 1 |
| Acute nephritis | 2 | - | 2 |
| Otitis media | 3 | — | 3 |
| Marasmus | 5 | - | 5 |
| Pyrexia of unknown origin | 1 | - | 1 |
| Infants admitted for nursing purposes | 5 | - | 5 |
| Mother admitted to nurse infant | 1 | — | 1 |
| N.A.D. | 16 | — | 16 |
| TOTALS | 605 | 12 | 617 |
Concurrent infection on admission.