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East Barnet 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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Health Centre, East Barnet Road, New Barnet.
Infant Welfare Dental
Ophthalmic Speech Therapy
Diphtheria and Polio Immunisation
Osidge Health Centre, Brunswick Park Road, N.ll.
Infant Welfare Dental
Speech Therapy Diphtheria and Polio Immunisation
Church Farm, Church Hill Road, East Barnet.
Ophthalmic
Friends' Meeting House, Waterfall Road, N.ll.
Infant Welfare Diphtheria and Polio Immunisation
St. Mark's Hall, Woodville Road, New Barnet.
Infant Welfare Diphtheria and Polio Immunisation
area and rateable value
Area (in acres) 2,644
Registrar General's estimate of population (1963) 41,000
Number of inhabited houses (rated) 12,920
Rateable value (at 31st December, 1964) £2,124,365
Product of penny rate (Est.) £8,530
Number of business premises 633
Number of industrial premises 32
TABLE I
Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1964
| DISEASES | Total Cases Notified | Under 1 year | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5-9 years | 10-14 years | 15-24 years | 25 years and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | ......... | ......... | ......... | 2 | ......... | 6 | ......... | ......... | ......... |
| Whooping Cough | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ......... | 5 | 13 | 3 | ......... | 1 |
| Measles | 97 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 4 | 1 | ......... |
| Dysentery | 8 | ......... | ......... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ......... | ......... | 2 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 4 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 1 | ......... | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 3 |
| Chicken Pox | 108 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... |
| Totals | 256 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 123 | 18 | 7 | 15 |
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