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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE X WARD DISTRIBUTION.
NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN EACH WARD OF THE BOROUGH.
| Disease | Mill Hill | Burnt Oak | West Hendon | Centra 1 | Ward. Park | Golders Green | Garden Suburb | Childs Hill | Edgware | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 108 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 30 | 36 | 196 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| Non-Paralytic | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| Measles | 430 | 309 | 198 | 144 | 132 | 140 | 134 | 116 | 349 | 1,952 |
| Pneumonia | 21 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 110 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 21 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 30 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 67 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 109 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 11 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Malaria (Contracted Abroad) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| TOTAL | 536 | 456 | 272 | 211 | 177 | 198 | 153 | 202 | 426 | 2,631 |