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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
Friern Barnet 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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cold and wet weather. The mean temperature was 420.4, or 1°.2
below the average in fourth quarters for 125 years. The rainfall
was 7.38 inches, which is .26 inches above the average in 81 fourth
quarters. The prevailing wind was W.S.W. The total rainfall in
the District for the year measured 21.79 inches, being 1.06 inches
more than that which fell in 1895, and 2.51 below the average for
45 years over the whole of England and Wales. The deaths
registered numbered 21.
Statement of Infectious Illness Notified During the
Year Together with Number of Notifications in
Previous Years.
Measles was added to this list in 1894 for a period of two years, and was again added at end of year 1896.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhoid. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Ward | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -21 |
| Central Ward | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | — 76 |
| South Ward | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 44 | — 56 |
| Lunatic Asylum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — 6 |
| 21 | 12 | I | 7 | 8 | 110 | 159 |
Table showing number of Infectious Cases notified each month:—
| Jn. | Fb. | Mr. | Ap. | My. | Ju. | Jy. | Ag. | Spt. | Ot. | Nv. | Dc. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 39 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0=110 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4= 21 |
| Typhoid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0= 7 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1= 8 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0= 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0= 1 |
| 43 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5=159 |