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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 12 Mothercraft
| No. of clinics | Total No. of classes | Visits by health visitors |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 169 | 10,776 |
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Table 13
Infectious diseases
| 1964 (1963 in brackets) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Confirmed | |||
| Diphtheria | - | (-) | - | (-) |
| Dysentery | 117 | (86) | 104 | (72) |
| Erysipelas | 8 | (15) | 8 | (15) |
| Encephalitis, acute | 1 | (-) | 1 | (-) |
| Food poisoning | 43 | (19) | 41 | (17) |
| Malaria | — | (-) | — | (-) |
| Measles | 951 | (1,948) | 951 | (1,948) |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | (4) | — | (3) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | (5) | 1 | (5) |
| Paratyphoid fever | 1 | (-) | 1 | (-) |
| Pneumonia | 49 | (52) | 49 | (51) |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | (1) | - | (-) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 129 | (134) | 129 | (134) |
| Scarlet fever | 110 | (59) | 110 | (59) |
| Smallpox | — | (-) | — | (-) |
| Tvphoid fever | — | (4) | — | (3) |
| Whooping cough | 128 | (254) | 128 | (254) |