Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
Sixty-five persons, mostly school children, were treated for
headlice during the year. No case of body louse infestation
came under notice.
FOOD POISONING.
There were no outbreaks of food poisoning during the year.
CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
England and Wales | Borough of Maiden and Coombe | |
---|---|---|
Scarlet fever | 1.73 | 0.74 |
Diphtheria | 0.08 | — |
Typhoid fever | 0.01 | — |
Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.03 | — |
Measles | 9.34 | 8.67 |
Whooping cough | 3.42 | 6.00 |
*Puerperal pyrexia | 6.89 | 1.54 |
* per 1,000 total births (i.e. live and stillbirths). |
CASES REMOVED TO TOLWORTH ISOLATION
HOSPITAL.
Scarlet fever 23
Scarlet fever (not confirmed) 5
Pneumonia 4
Pneumonia (not confirmed) 4
Diphtheria (not confirmed) 2
Measles 19
Whooping cough 27
Chicken pox 8
Laryngitis 1
Cerebro-spinal fever (not confirmed) 1
Mumps 8
Meningitis 1
Erysipelas 1
Dysentery, Diarrhoea, etc 1
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