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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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NOTIFIABLE CASES DURING THE YEAR.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notifi'd | Gases admit'd to Hosptl. | Analysis of Cases under Age-groups. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in-1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | |||
| Diphtheria | 20 | 19 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargiea | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 102 | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - |
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary, | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | _ | 1 | - | _ | ||||
| 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 5 | - | - | _ | — | ||||
| 10 | 1 | - | - | |||||
| 15 | 1 | - | — | |||||
| 20 | _ | _ | __ | _ | ||||
| 25 | 2 | - | _ | |||||
| 35 | 2 | - | 1 | |||||
| 45 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 55 | — | — | - | — | ||||
| 65 and upwards | — | — | - | — | ||||
| Totals | 7 | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Cases. | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Treated. | ||||||
| At home | In hosptl. | ||||||
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |