Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 VII.
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. |
---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 216 | 105 |
Whooping Cough | 508 | 29 |
Acute Poliomyelitis:— | ||
Paralytic | 11 | 11 |
Non-Paralytic | 7 | 7 |
Measles | 867 | 31 |
Pneumonia | 114 | 41 |
Dysentery | 28 | 3 |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 5 | 4 |
Erysipelas | 23 | 6 |
Meningococcal Infection | 9 | 8 |
Food Poisoning | 9 | 3 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 138 | 137 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 30 | 30 |
TOTAL | 1965 | 415 |