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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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NUMBER OF CASES TREATED—COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
| Notified as:— | Admissions. | Deaths. | Discharges. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944. | 1945. | 1946. | 1944. | 1945. | 1946. | 1944. | 1945. | 1946. | |
| Diphtheria | 34 | 56 | 89 | — | 1 | — | 37 | 48 | 91 |
| Scarlet fever | 265 | 154 | 206 | 1 | — | — | 323 | 149 | 189 |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 23 | 27 | — | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 27 |
| Measles | 11 | 131 | 116 | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 129 | 107 |
| Whooping cough | 40 | 18 | 47 | 2 | — | — | 38 | 15 | 49 |
| Mumps | 4 | 42 | 27 | — | — | — | 4 | 40 | 29 |
| Chicken pox | 11 | 22 | 40 | — | — | — | 11 | 22 | 40 |
| Rubella | 31 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | 31 | 8 | 7 |
| Dysentery and gastro-enteritis | 34 | 58 | 50 | — | 5 | 1 | 34 | 53 | 47 |
| Other conditions | 38 | 134 | 203 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 122 | 197 |
| TOTALS | 485 | 646 | 812 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 544 | 606 | 783 |