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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 1947
[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. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945. | 1946. | 1947. | 1945. | 1946. | 1947 | 1945. | 1946. | 1947. | |
| Diphtheria | 56 | 89 | 68 | 1 | — | 1 | 48 | 91 | 70 |
| Scarlet Fever | 154 | 206 | 307 | — | — | — | 149 | 189 | 320 |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 1 | — | 20 | 27 | 22 |
| Measles | 131 | 116 | 171 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 129 | 107 | 169 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 47 | 73 | —- | — | 9 | 15 | 49 | 61 |
| Mumps | 42 | 27 | 31 | — | — | — | 40 | 29 | 31 |
| Chicken Pox | 22 | 40 | 29 | — | — | — | 22 | 40 | 24 |
| Rubella | 8 | 7 | 22 | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| Gastro-Enteritis, etc | 58 | 50 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 47 | 75 |
| Other Conditions | 134 | 203 | 347 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 122 | 197 | 334 |
| TOTALS | 646 | 812 | 1150 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 606 | 783 | 1128 |