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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 1.
ANALYSIS OF CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31st. DECEMBER. 1948.
| DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | CASES IN EACH WARD. | No. Removed to Hosp. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Un.l. | 1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25. | 25-45. | 45-65. | 65&0. | North. | South. | Cent. | East. | West. | Friern Hosp. | ||
| Measles. | 309 | - | 148 | 155 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 92 | 56 | 61 | 37 | 63 | - | 7 |
| Whooping Cough. | 120 | 9 | 70 | 40 | - | - | 1 | - | 45 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 11 | - | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever. | 50 | - | 15 | 32 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 15 | - | 17 |
| Diphtheria. | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery. | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Pneumonia. | 13 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Polio-myelitis. | 6 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis. | 28 | - | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | - | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Other Tuberculosis. | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| TOTALS. | 539 | 9 | 238 | 236 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 171 | 105 | 94 | 69 | 95 | 5 | 39 |