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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
| Disease. | Und. 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 & up | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever... | _ | 130 | 396 | 62 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | _ | 630 |
| Diphtheria | — | 17 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 67 |
| Pneumonia ... | 1 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 117 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 48 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| C.S. Fever | — | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 15 |
| Dysentery | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | _ | 21 |
| Measles | 50 | 897 | 1433 | 81 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 4 | — | — | _ | 2509 |
| Whooping Cough | 38 | 235 | 170 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 468 |
| Pemphigus Neon | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerp. Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 23 |
| Ophth. Neon. | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
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| Disease | Cases Notified | Admitted to Harrow Isolation Hospital | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | Deaths Registered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 630 | 434 | 1 | — | — | |
| 67 | 63 | 1 | — | 6 | |
| 117 | — | — | _ | 83 | |
| 48 | — | 13 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4 | — | 2 | — | — | |
| 15 | — | 8 | 7 | 4 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | 9 | — | |
| 2509 | — | 21 | — | 2 | |
| 468 | — | 7 | — | 2 | |
| 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 23 | — | 17 | — | 2 | |
| 5 | _ | 2 | __ | _ | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Exclusion.
The stringency of the practice of excluding contacts of patients
suffering from infectious diseases has been gradually relaxed until to-day
many authorities exclude only those whose occupation brings them into
contact with those of susceptible ages or renders them possible instruments
of widespread outbreaks through their handling milk or some
°ther medium ; though even here the restriction is imposed only in the