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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
(Civilians only).
| Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospitals. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 95 | 42 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 4 | - | 24 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | - |
| Measles | 536 | 5 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 39 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 3 | 3 | - |
| Poliomyelitis Non Paralytic Dysentery | 2 11 | 2 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 712 | 58 | 25 |
During the year 117 cases of suspected infectious disease were
admitted to hospital. Of these 82 were accommodated in the South
Middlesex Fever Hospital.
The remaining 35 cases for whom beds were not available in the
South Middlesex Hospital were admitted to Tolworth Isolation
Hospital or to Isolation Hospitals in the L.C.C. area.
LABORATORY WORK
General practitioners send specimens for examination to the
laboratory of the Royal Hospital, Richmond.
In addition the following laboratory facilities are available to
the Public Health Department: —
CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY, COLIN-
DALE AVENUE, N.W.9.
For advice, special immunising agents and special investigations.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY,
EPSOM.
For examination of samples of milk, ice cream and water and
for advice and field investigations in cases of epidemics.