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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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947.
| Disease | Total cases notified during | Removed to Hospital, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944. | 1945. | 1946. | 1947. | 1946. | 1947. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 374 | 180 | 199 | 152 | 125 | 102 |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 33 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 132 | 129 | 139 | 128 | 40 | 37 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 12 |
| Measles | 123 | 2013 | 558 | 973 | 76 | 79 |
| Whooping Cough | 530 | 162 | 367 | 394 | 30 | 29 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Tyhpoid or Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
There is little to comment upon concerning the incidence
of infectious disease excepting the continued low incidence of
diphtheria. Of the ten cases notified, in only eight was the
diagnosis confirmed and these cases were generally of a mild
character. How far this is due to the immunisation campaign
or how far it is due to the mutation which takes place in
infectious diseases, it is difficult to assess, but it is fair comment
to say that the low incidence has run concurrently with
more widespread immunisation.
Table IV, I think gives a presentation of the facts:—