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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950.
| Disease | Removed Total cases notified during to Hospital, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1950 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 180 | 199 | 152 | 241 | 265 | 260 | 133 |
| Diphtheria | 20 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 10 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 129 | 139 | 128 | 139 | 159 | 121 | 28 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | _ | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 2013 | 558 | 973 | 1289 | 1195 | 1029 | 24 |
| Whooping Cough | 162 | 367 | 394 | 516 | 329 | 494 | 16 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 1 | _ | 3 | 3 | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 38 | 23 | 27 | 8 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 27 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
Diphtheria:
No case of this disease was notified during the year
For the purpose of comparison it will be of interest to note
that in my first Annual Report as your Medical Officer of
Health in the year 1930 there were 192 cases of Diphtheria
notified with 7 deaths. The steady decline which has taken
place is shown on Table IV.
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