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 OP, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
TABLE VII
The following table shows the total number of corrected notifications, other than tuberculosis, received during the year.
Disease | Total number of cases notified | Cases removed to hospital |
---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 59 | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 25 | - |
Measles | 2215 | 13 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | ||
Paralytic | - | - |
Non-Paralytic | 1 | 1 |
Diphtheria | - | - |
Pneumonia | 48 | 11 |
Dysentery | 37 | 15 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 31 | 4 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 92 | 92 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - |
Malaria | 1 | 1 |
TOTAL | 2513 | 141 |