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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 1938
[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 | 2 | 105 | 245 | 69 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 7 | - | 2 | 500 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 11 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 63 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 98 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 47 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 28 | 1 | - | - | - | 34 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | - | _ | 1 | . | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | ||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | ||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | — | - | - | - | 12 | ||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | __ | 6 | |||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
| Disease. | Cases Notified | Admitted to Harrow Isolation Hospital | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | Deaths Registered | |||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 500 | 327 | 33 | _ | — | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria ... | 63 | 57 | 6 | — | 8 | |||||||||||
| Pneumonia ... | 98 | — | — | — | 92 | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas ... | 47 | — | 22 | 4 | — | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 34 | — | 11 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... | 9 | — | — | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dysentery ... | 12 | — | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Acute poliomyelitis | 6 | — | 4 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica ... | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Pemphigus Neonatorum ... | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Incidence. DIPHTHERIA.
79 notifications of diphtheria were received during the year,
the diagnosis, however, being revised in 16 instances, most commonly
to acute tonsillitis. 63 cases in a population of 183,500 is a rate
per 1,000 of 0-34, as compared with that of 1-58 for the country
as a whole. This is the ninth consecutive year in which a low
incidence has prevailed.
Secondary infections occurred in five households, on one
occasion there being two secondary cases apparently due to an
infective ear discharge.