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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
East Barnet 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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TABLE I
Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1956
| DISEASES. | Total Cases Notified. | Under 1 year. | 1—2 years. | 2—3 years. | 3—4 years. | 4—5 years. | 5—10 years. | 10—15 years. | 15—20 years. | 20—35 years. | 35—45 years. | 45—65 years. | 65 and over. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Scarlet Fever | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 34 | .... | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Chicken Pox | 180 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 98 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .... | .... | .... |
| Whooping Cough | 101 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Measles | 17 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .... | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Pneumonia | 13 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .... |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Erysipelas | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | .... | .... |
| Food Poisoning | 12 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .... | 2 | .... |
| Dysentery | 9 | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Totals | 389 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 35 | 192 | 26 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 5 | - |
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Deaths
Infants under 1 year of age (rate per 1,000
live births) 21.0 13.5
Total all ages (rate per 1,000 population) 10.2 9.9
The Registrar General's Comparability Factors for Births and
Deaths have been taken into account when calculating the above
rates.
Death rate of legitimate infants under 1 year per 1,000
legitimate births 14.0
Death rate of illegitimate infants under 1 year per 1,000
illegitimate births —