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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 1953

[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: TABLE VIIThe following table shows the total number of notifications, other than Tuberculosis received during the year, the diagnosis being confirmed in each case.

TABLE VII

The following table shows the total number of notifications, other than Tuberculosis received during the year, the diagnosis being confirmed in each case.

Disease.Total Number of Cases Notified.Cases Removed to Hospital.
Scarlet Fever21787
Diphtheria11
Whooping Cough40716
Acute Poliomyelitis:-
Paralytic1313
Non-Paralytic66
Measles209649
Pneumonia12332
Dysentery4616
Paratyphoid Fever11
Erysipelas201
Meningococcal Infection11
Food Poisoning236
Puerperal Pyrexia151149
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4946
Malaria21
TOTAL3156435