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Finchley 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Infectious Diseases and the Measures Taken to Prevent
their Spread
During the year 1906 the number of notification certificates
received from medical practitioners was 190, as
against 140 in the preceding year, 265 in 1904, and 159 in
1903.
The Infectious Sickness Rate of the District was 6.2 to
each 1,000 of the population, compared with 4.9 in 1905, and
10.3 in 1904. The average for the ten years, 1896 to 1905,
was 6.4.
The 190 cases represented infection in 151 different houses.
The cases removed to Hospital numbered 125, i.e., 65 per
cent, of those notified, a rather higher proportion than usual.

The actual number of Finchley patients in the Isolation Hospital on various dates during the year is given in the following table:

Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric.Total.
January 20th, 19068l211
February 10th82212
March 3rd7613
March 24th6410
April 14th183122
May 5th152118
May 26th14216
June 16th21223
July 14th2222
September 22nd14117
October 13th171220
November 3rd162220
November 24th13215
December 15th14115