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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
PREVALENCE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(other than Tuberculosis)
| Disease | Und. 1 yr. | 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 + yrs. | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | — | 36 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | ||
| Pneumonia Primary | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 22 | |||||
| Pneumonia Influenzal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | ||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 8 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 18 | 439 | 357 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 17 | 836 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 27 | 21 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 61 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 9 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
THE CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The various steps taken in the control of communicable disease
include:—
(a) Notification.
(b) Enquiries by the staff of the department at the home, school,
place of work or institution.
(c) Aids to diagnosis, such as the Public Health Laboratory Service,
or the obtaining of a second medical opinion.
(d) Isolation either at home or in hospital.
(e) Exclusion of contacts from their work, especially in the case of
those in close contact with susceptible young children or
patients in a ward, or those handling food or drink.
(f) Exclusion of carriers of enteric (Typhoid, Paratyphoid) fever,
and dysentery from any work involving handling food or drink
for human consumption.
(g) Exclusion from places of assembly.
(h) Disinfection.
(i) Cleansing.
(j) Destruction of articles of food.
(k) Immunisation.
(l) Propaganda.