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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
Tottenham 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Scarlet Fever.
There were 356cases of scarlet fever notified during 1950, an
increase of 101 on the previous year's figure and the greatest number
since 1936. 188 of these cases were treated in hospital, the
remainder being nursed at home. However the disease continued to
be of a mild character and again no deaths from the disease were
recorded.
The following are amended diagnoses of certain cases originally
notified as scarlet fever
Bronchitis, 1; Catarrhal Sore Throat, 2; Coryza, 2; Influenza, 1;
Measles, 5; Mumps, 1; Otitis Media, 1; Pityriasis Rosea, 1;
Tonsillitis, 16; Urinary Infection, 1; No Obvious Disease, 1.