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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
Harrow 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (other than Tuberculosis)
| Disease. | Under lyr. | 1-4 yrs. | 5-9 yrs. | 10-14 yrs. | 15-19 yrs. | 20-24 yrs. | 25-34 yrs. | 35-44 yrs. | 45-54 yrs. | 55-64 yrs. | 65 & over. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | 1 | 66 | 226 | 51 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 | 416 | |||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 13 | 47 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 95 | |||
| Pneumonia | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 122 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 32 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 21 | 3 | — | — | — | 29 | |||
| Enteric Fever | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 7 | |||
| Dysentery | — | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 24 | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Disease. | Cases Notified | Admitted to Harrow Isolation Hospital | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | Deaths Registered | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 416 | 290 | 14 | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 95 | 82 | 20 | — | 4 | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 122 | — | — | — | 83 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 32 | — | 15 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | 3 | — | 7 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 29 | — | 17 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | — | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Dysentery | 21 | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||
| Acute poliomyelitis | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | ||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica. | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||
CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Fumigation and Disinfection.
The policy of the Council since March, 1935, has been to discourage
unnecessary fumigation, the facilities available being:—
(a) free fumigation in all cases of typhoid fever and smallpox;
(b) free fumigation in those exceptional cases where the Medical
Officer of Health is satisfied that disinfection cannot reasonably
be carried out in the home; (c) free supply of disinfectants in all
cases upon request; (d) fumigation in other cases upon request at
stated charges. In March it was agreed that these facilities be