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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 1910
[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 within the District receiving sick and confirm persons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving sick and confirm persons from the District. | Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
| Nil. | Union Infirmary, Edg-ware. County Asylum, Naps-bury, Herts. | New Hospital for Women, St- Pancras. King's College, Hospital. Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street. London Hospital. Charing Cross Hospital. University College, Hospital. Middlesex Hospital. |
TABLE III.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1910.
| 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 upw'ds | |||
| Diphtheria including membraneous croup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 20 | |
Isolation Hospital, Hendon Rural District Council, Stanmore, Middlesex.
Total available beds 20. No. of diseases that can be treated
concurrently 2.