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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. June. | July. | August. | September., | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Children:— | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet fever | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 12 |
| Dysentery:— | ||||||||||||
| B.Sonne | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B.Morgan No. 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | 7 | — | — | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Mumps | - | — | — | 3 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 30 |
| German measles | - | — | - | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 9 |
| Measles | - | - | - | 29 | 46 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 90 | |
| Whooping cougl | - | — | - | 5 | - | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
Infective
hepatitis
(jaundice)
Acute poliomye-
litis
(b) Staff:—
Infective
hepatitis
(jaundice) 1 1
Acute poliomye-
litis
Gonsultations regarding infectious disease, between the Medical
Officer of Health and the local Medical Profession: 12.
1 case of suspicion of cerebro-spinal fever; diagnosis
influenza with cerebral irritation.
2 cases of suspicion of chicken-pox; diagnosis confirmed.
3 cases of suspicion of small-pox; 2 diagnosis chicken-pox;
1 diagnosis tinea.
3 cases of suspicion of scarlet fever; 1 diagnosis confirmed;
1 diagnosis as a probable coryza or commencing
measles; 1 diagnosis as German measles.
3 cases of suspicion of acute poliomyelitis; 1 diagnosis
confirmed; 2 not confirmed.
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