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Willesden 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
on the
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
For the year 1942
By ARTHUR G. TROUP, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Superintendent.
Table No. 23.
Cases in the Municipal Hospital during 1942.
| Diseases. | No. in Hospital on 1-1-42. | Admitted. | Total under treatment. | Discharged recovered. | Died. | Mortality per cent. | Remaining on 31-12-42. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7.7 | - |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 100 | 117 | 110 | 1 | 85 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | - | - |
| Erysipelas | — | 24 | 24 | 23 | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 3 | 82 | 85 | 80 | — | — | 5 |
| Mixed Infections | — | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Infections | - | 32 | 32 | 31 | — | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 290 | 298 | 238 | — | — | 60 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 70 | 79 | 63 | 4 | 50 | 12 |
| Other Diseases | 5 | 210 | 215 | 206 | 3 | — | 6 |
| Marasmus | 11 | 45 | 56 | 39 | 10 | 17.8 | 7 |
| Tonsils & Adenoids (Willesden) | - | 419 | 419 | 419 | — | — | — |
| Tonsils & Adenoids (Middlesex & Harrow) | - | 227 | 227 | 227 | — | — | — |
| Civilian Sick | 45 | 97 | 142 | 69 | 38 | — | 35 |
| Service Sick | 3 | 59 | 62 | 56 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Casualties | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 102 | 1,678 | 1,780 | 1,584 | 58 | - | 138 |