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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 1948
[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 1947 and 1948.
| Disease | Total cases notified during | Removed to Hospital, 1948. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944. | 1945. | 1946. | 1947. | 1948. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 374 | 180 | 199 | 152 | 241 | 153 |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | 132 | 129 | 139 | 128 | 139 | 34 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 4 |
| Measles | 123 | 2013 | 558 | 973 | 1289 | 73 |
| Whooping Cough | 530 | 162 | 367 | 394 | 516 | 47 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 38 | 17 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 27 | 15 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
The foregoing Table shows that there was a rise in the
incidence of Scarlet Fever, Measles and Whooping Cough, as
compared with the incidence in the previous years. It will be
seen also that 8 cases of Diphtheria were notified, but in none
of these was the diagnosis ultimately confirmed. This may
appear to be at variance with Table II showing the causes
of death, as in that table one death is attributed to this disease.