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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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TABLE IX. WARD DISTRIBUTION.
Number of cases of Infectious Disease notified in each Ward of the Borough,
| Disease. | Ward. | Totals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Hill. | Burnt Oak. | West Hendon. | Central. | Park | Golders Green. | Garden Suburb. | Childs Hill. | Edgware. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 70 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 217 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 68 | 54 | 39 | 18 | 24 | 54 | 40 | 48 | 62 | 407 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:- | ||||||||||
| Paralytic | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 |
| Measles | 396 | 286 | 236 | 69 | 187 | 242 | 170 | 225 | 285 | 2096 |
| Pneumonia | 21 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 123 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 46 |
| Para-typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 114 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 151 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 49 |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| TOTAL | 580 | 535 | 328 | 146 | 259 | 344 | 235 | 309 | 420 | 3156 |