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Richmond upon Thames 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.

Notifiable Diseases during the year.

DiseaseTotal Cases Notified.Cases Admitted to Hospitals.Total Deaths.
Smallpox.........
Scarlet Fever3319...
Diphtheria12121
Paratyphoid Fever11...
Puerperal Pyrexia55...
Pneumonia20923 (all forms)
Cerebro-Spinal Fever12113
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.........
Erysipelas32...
Measles1262...
Whooping Cough130......
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis11...
Total3436227

SOUTH MIDDLESEX FEVER HOSPITAL.

ADMISSIONS CLASSIFIED.

Disease.No. of Patients Admitted from Richmond.
Scarlet Fever19
Diphtheria12
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis4
Measles2
Other Diseases12
Total49

DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION CLINIC.
Total number of children seen during the year 1,067
Total number of attendances 1,943
Total number of children who received primary Schick
test 139