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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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| Baby with mother | 6 |
| Mother with baby | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 |
| Chicken pox | 2 |
| Impetigo | 2 |
| Otorrhoea | 1 |
| Meningitis | 3 |
| Scabies | 1 |
| Trench mouth | 1 |
| Mumps | 3 |
| Vincents Angina | 1 |
| Observation cases | 20 |
DEATHS.- Five deaths took place during the year, as
compared with 10 during 1944. These 5 deaths occurred
from the' following causes:
Diphtheria 3
(Tottenham patients, aged 6, 4, and
3 years respectively)
Pneumonia and whooping cough 1
(Tottenham patient, aged 10 months)
Dermatitis exfoliative 1
(Southgate patient, aged 1 week)
These 5 fatal cases give a mortality rate of
1.16% of the total cases treated, as compared with
2.26% in 1944.
OPERATIONS.- Two tracheotomy operations were
performed at the Isolation Hospital during 1945.
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