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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

Richmond upon Thames 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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

Table: Notifiable Diseases during the year.

Notifiable Diseases during the year.

Disease.Total Cases Notified.Cases Admitted to Hospitals.Total Deaths.
Smallpox.........
Scarlet Fever2013...
Diphtheria55...
Dysentery43...
Puerperal Pyrexia1111...
Pneumonia16520 (all forms) 1
Cerebro-Spinal Fever63
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11...
Erysipelas41...
Measles2503...
Whooping Cough41......
Total3584521

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SOUTH MIDDLESEX FEVER HOSPITAL.

Table: ADMISSIONS CLASSIFIED.

ADMISSIONS CLASSIFIED.

Disease.No. of Patients Admitted from Richmond.
Scarlet Fever13
Diphtheria5
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3
Measles2
Dysentery2
Erysipelas1
Other Diseases11
Total37

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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION CLINIC.
Total number of children seen during the year 1,300
Total number of attendances 2,632