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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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SECTION B :
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
TABLE IV.
Notifications.
The following table shows the total number of notifications other than Tuberculosis, received during the year :—
| Disease. | Total Number of Cases Notified. | Cases Removed to Hospital. | Total Number of Deaths among Notified Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 147 | 75 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 604 | 13 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 6 | 7* | 1 |
| Measles | 1618 | 21 | — |
| Pneumonia | 213 | 43 | — |
| Dysentery | 74 | 22 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 106 | 105 | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 4 | 3 | — |
| Erysipelas | 21 | 9 | — |
| Meningococcal Infections | 5 | 4 | |
| Food Poisoning | ,22 | 2 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | — |
| TOTAL | 2842 | 326 | — |
* One of these cases was not confirmed.
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