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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 1962
[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
TABLE IX
WARD DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN EACH WARD OF THE BOROUGH
| DISEASE | WARD | TOTAL | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Hill | Burnt Oak | West Hendon | Central | Park | Golders Green | Garden Suburb | Childs Hill | Edgware | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 53 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Measles | 25 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 138 |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 4 | 49 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 6 | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 67 | 66 | 26 | 42 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 343 |