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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
Kingsbury 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingsbury]
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During the year the following oases of Infectious
Diseases were notified:-
Scarlet Fever 4
Diphtheria 1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Acute Primary Pneumonia 1
With the exception of one case of Scarlet Fever, isolation
was affected at home and the necessary precautions and
disinfection carried out.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
No difficulty has been experienced during the year in
dealing with any infectious cases which required removal to
a Hospital.
In such cases the Patients have been received into the
Hendon Isolation Hospital.
Provision for the treatment of cases of Smallpox has
been made at the Hospital of the Middlesex Smallpox Hospital
Board.