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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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SECTION B:
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
TABLE I
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 | 41 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 43 | - |
| Measles | 406 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ||
| Paralytic | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 5 | |
| Dysentery | 39 | 3 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 5 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 20 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 119 | 117 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 |
| Infective Encephalitis | 1 | - |
| TOTAL | 716 | 134 |
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