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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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(b) If assistance in the manner of light
domestic assistance or helping in the
family shopping for example were
required, the W.V.S. would consider
their ability to so assist through
their District Leaders.
With regard to the medical personnel of the
Services giving assistance to civilian doctors
an arrangement was made whereby assistance might
be made available by communicating the circumstances
to the Secretary of the Local Medical
War Committee, the Secretary of the Local Medical
War Committee keeping himself in touch with the
medical services of the Army and the Royal Air
Force.
Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Information regarding these was obtained throughout the
| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox | 94 | 87 | 119 | 138 | 173 | 90 | 84 | — | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 811 |
| Humps | 8 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 113 |
| German measles | 1 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 89 | 23 | 33 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 214 |
| Infective jaundice | 91 | 35 | 7 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 284 |
31.