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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
Wembley 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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29.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| Disease. | Total. | Alperton. | Central. | ChaLKhill. | Fryent. | The Hyde. | Roe Green. | Kenton. | Preston. | Sudbury Court. | Sudbury. | Wembley Park. | Tokyngton. | Total removed to Hospital. | Percentage of cases removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 541 | 45 | 17 | 52 | 47 | 62 | 103 | 46 | 59 | 15 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 385 | 71.16 |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 95.18 |
| Enteric fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100.00 |
| Pneumonia | 211 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 63 | 29.86 |
| Erysipelas | 53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 26.42 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 100.00 |
| Cerebrospinal fever | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 62.50 |
| Dysentery | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | l | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 81.82 |
| Measles | 1,276 | 126 | 68 | 57 | 93 | 76 | 105 | 90 | 126 | 148 | 109 | 59 | 219 | 18 | 1.41 |
| Whooping cough | 340 | 52 | 12 | 27 | 50 | 17 | 21 | 29 | 45 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 47 | 5 | 1.47 |