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Harrow 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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of 309 pupils suffering from chickenpox. Some schools were affected
each term, the heaviest incidence being in the summer term when the
Chantry School was that most heavily involved.
Mumps.
The 268 pupils who suffered from mumps were mostly those in three
schools: Glebe, Priestmead and Roxbourne, in each about 50 cases
occurring, mostly in the summer term.
German Measles.
Only 12 intimations were received of pupils suffering from German
measles. These were scattered throughout the district. In most instances
there were no cases of ordinary measles in the schools at the time.
Influenza.
1950 was not a year in which there was much influenza in the district.
Eight persons died in the first quarter of the year from this complaint.
TUBERCULOSIS
Notification.
The following table sets out the age and sex distribution of the patients who were notified in this district for the first time in 1950:—
| Primary Notification | Brought to notice other than on Form A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | |||||||
| — | — | |||||||
| — | — | |||||||
| — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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In last year's report attention was drawn to the very marked increase
since the war in the number of notifications of those suffering from
tuberculosis, an average figure of 374 for the three years, 1945 to 1947,
when the average population was 215,000, as contrasted with an average
number of 198 for the three years, 1934 to 1936, when the average
population was 145,000. As contrasted with the figure of 439 cases
learned of for the first time in 1949, the number in 1950 was only 370, a
very welcome fall to a figure lower than that of the preceding three years.
Of the 337 pulmonary cases, 94 were already suffering from the
disease before they moved into this district. Of these, 18 were persons