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Wembley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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As in the previous year the Hyde Ward was responsible for
the incidence of scarlet fever being greater in Wembley than in
the country as a whole—scarlet fever being the only disease,
the incidence of which was not considerably less than in the
whole country.
| Wembley | England & Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including Tondon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | |||
| All causes | 6.77 (based 11.6 on 804 deaths) | 11.7 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.008 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.008 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 0.00 | not available | not available |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.008 | ,, | ,, |
| (2) Notifications. | |||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3.50 | 2.41 | 2.60 |
| Diphtheria | 0.69 | 1.58 | 1.85 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Erysipelas | 0.21 | 0.40 | 0.46 |
| Pneumonia | 0.62 | 1.10 | 1.28 |
| Dysentery | 0.13 | not available | not available |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | .067 | ,, | ,, |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .008 | ,, | ,, |
Scarlet Fever.
There were 417 cases of Scarlet Fever notified with 1 death.
330 cases (79.13 per cent) were removed to hospital, while 87
were isolated at home.
The incidence of Scarlet fever in monthly periods during the
year was as follows January—32 cases, February—46,
March—31, April—38, May—56, June—26, July—51, August—
26, September—21, October—35, November—32, December 23—
Total 417.
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