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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
Southgate 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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It will be observed that the only fall is shown in the number of
patients admitted from our own Borough.
The diseases for which the 510 patients were admitted during
1936 were as follows:—
Scarlet Fever 163
Diphtheria 156—Faucial 138
Nasal 9
Laryngeal 4
Faucial &
Nasal 5
Diphtheria "Carrier" 4
Diphtheria and Chicken-pox 2
Diphtheria and Bronchitis 1
Scarlet Fever and Burns 2
Scarlet Fever and Polio-encephalitis 1
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria 2
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
' 'Carrier'' 3
Scarlet Fever and Sinusitis 1
Scarlet Fever and Broncho-pneumonia 3
Scarlet Fever and Acute Bronchitis 2
Scarlet Fever and Endocarditis 1
Scarlet Fever and Emphysema 1
Scarlet Fever and Adenitis 1
Measles 28
Measles and Otitis Media 1
Measles and Bronchitis 3
Measles and Endocarditis 1
Measles and Pneumonia 47
Measles, Whooping-cough and
Pneumonia 5
Whooping-cough 4
Whooping-cough and Otitis Media 1
Whooping - cough, Mumps and
Nephritis 1
Broncho-pneumonia 1
Bronchitis 1
Typhoid Fever 9
Puerperal Fever 5
Baby with mother 2
Erysipelas 19
Erysipelas and Nasal Diphtheria 1
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