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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
Wealdstone 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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Is the Union workhouse within the District? - No.
| I. | II. | III. |
|---|---|---|
| Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. | Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
| Nil. | Union Infirmary, Edgware. County Asylum, Napsbury, Herts. | St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street. University College, Hospital. Middlesex Hospital. Isolation Hospital, Stan-more. Ditt, Neasden. |
TABLE III.
OASES OE INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1909.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in whole District. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and up w'ds | |||
| Diphtheria including membraneous croup | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Totals | 39 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
Isolation Hospital, Hendon Rural District Council, Stanmore, Middlesex.
Total available beds 20. No. of diseases that can be treated
concurrently 2.