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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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Infectious Diseases - Day Nurseries, 1943.
| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Childrens:- | |||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | 5 | 12 | 9 | - | 2 | 20 | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60 |
| Measles | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
| Scarlet fever | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| Whooping cough | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | 14 |
| Mumps | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| German measles | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 6 |
| Jaundice | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| (b) Staff | - | — | 1 Rubella. | 1 Chicken-pox. | — | — | — | — | 2 Jaundice. | — | — | — | 4 |
52.