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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
Willesden 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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OTHER DISEASES, 1947
| Measles | 123 | Nutritional Anaemia | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | Acute Leukaemia | 2 |
| Primary Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | Rheumatic Fever | 2 |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | Sub-acute Rheumatism | 1 |
| Unresolved Pneumonia | 1 | Fibrositis | 1 |
| Right Pulmonary Collapse | 1 | Chronic Rheumatic Aortic Stenosis | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 6 | Rheumatic Carditis | 1 |
| Acute Streptococcal Bronchitis | 1 | Sub-acute Bacterial Endocarditis | 1 |
| Upper Respiratory Infection | 1 | Osteomyelitis | 1 |
| Asthma | 1 | Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis | 2 |
| Tonsillitis | 64 | Cellulitis | 2 |
| Haemolytic Streptococcus Carrier | 1 | Furuncle Left Ear and Fibrositis | 3 |
| Ulcerative Pharyngitis | 1 | Carbuncle of Nose | 1 |
| Pharyngitis | 1 | Carbuncle of Forearm | 2 |
| Vincent's Angina | 5 | Dental Abscess | 3 |
| Glandular Fever | 1 | Cervical Adenitis | 1 |
| German Measles | 1 | Peritonsillar Abscess | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 27 | Stomatitis | 1 |
| Mumps | Acute Nephritis | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 26 | Pyelitis | 1 |
| Influenza | 16 | B coli Pyelitis | 3 |
| Otitis Media | 10 | Bacilluria | 1 |
| Frontal Sinusitis | 1 | Postural Defect | 1 |
| Benign Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis | 1 | Vaso-vago Attack | 1 |
| Lymphocytic Meningitis | 1 | Still's Disease | 1 |
| Virus Meningitis | 1 | Congenital Glaucoma | 1 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | Contusion of Back | 2 |
| Suppurative Encephalitis | 1 | Muscular Strain | 1 |
| Encephalomyelitis | 1 | NAD | 1 |
| Anxiety State | 2 | Papular Urticaria | 5 |
| Acute Toxic Psychosis | 1 | Benzyl-Benzoate Dermatitis | 1 |
| Hysterical Paralysis | 1 | Erythema Multiform | 1 |
| Pseudo-paralysis right arm | 1 | Seborrhoeic Dermatitis | 1 |
| Subarachnoid Haemorrhage | 1 | Impetigo | 1 |
| Dysentery | 4 | Eczema | 1 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 17 | Septic Spots | 1 |
| Non-specific Enteritis | 1 | Catarrhal Laryngitis | 1 |
| Non-specific Ulcerative Colitis | 1 | Acute Perforated Gastric Ulcer | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | Sub-acute Appendicitis | 1 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 1 | Chronic Appendicitis | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | ? Appendicitis | 1 |
| Miliary Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | Intestinal Colic | 1 |
| Anaemia | 1 | Sub-acute Intestinal Obstruction | 1 |
12 deaths occurred : 1 from Erysipelas, 3 from Whooping Cough, 1 from Sub-acute Bacterial Endocarditis,
2 from Tubercular Meningitis, 1 from Chronic Rheumatic Aortic Stenosis, 1 from Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
and 1 from Acute Streptococcal Bronchitis
MARASMUS
45 infants, under one year of age, were admitted under this heading These were diagnosed as : Gastroenteritis
37, Prematurity 1, Feeding Difficulties 1, Congenital Heart Disease 1, Dysentery 1, Sonne Dysentery 1,
B Coli Pyelitis 1, Meningococcal Septicaemia 1, Traumatic Tenosynovitis (left hand) 1 3 deaths occurred—1 from
Prematurity, 1 from Congenital Heart Disease and 1 from Gastro-enteritis
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CASES
(a) Health Centre Cases—
Removal of Tonsils and/or Adenoids 322
Mastoidectomy -1
Miscellaneous 4
(b) Hospital Cases—
Removal of Tonsils and /or Adenoids
Mastoidectomy 3
Miscellaneous 1
CASES ADMITTED FROM OTHER AUTHORITIES
During the year 1947, 99 cases were admitted from areas other than the Borough of Willesderi