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Barnet 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS OF AGE. | ||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Oph. Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Cor. Spin. Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Ant. Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | 4 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 12 | 8 | - | 3 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 25 | 13 |
| Totals | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 16 | 36 | 19 |
MORTAL STATISTICS.
Of 203 deaths, 8 occurred under one. year of age.
The following were the chief causes of death:Cancer
32 (9 males, 23 females); Heart Disease 71; Tuberculosis
(all forms) 5; Influenza 2; Cerebral Haemorrhage 8; Bronchitis 6;
Pneumonia (all forms) 14; Congenital Debility and Malformation,
Premature Birth 3; Acute and Chronic Nephritis 6; Suicide 2; other
Violence 8.
CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISBaSES.
No use has been made of the Schick and Dick Tests in
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever,,
VACCINATION
No primary or revaccinations were performed by the Medical
Officer of Health under the Public Health (Smallpox prevention)
Regulations 1917.