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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IX WARD DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OP CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN EACH WARD OF THE BOROUGH
| DISEASE | Mill Hill | Burnt Oak | West Hendon | Central | Park | Golders Green | Garden Suburb | Childs Hill | Edgware | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 59 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 439 | 263 | 148 | 176 | 176 | 309 | 182 | 198 | 324 | 2215 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 9 | 3 | 48 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 37 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 13 | 4 | - | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 31 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 92 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 486 | 347 | 183 | 188 | 197 | 335 | 191 | 233 | 353 | 2513 |