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Finchley 1907
[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 1907 the number of notification certificates
received from medical practitioners was 216, as against
190 in the preceding year, 140 in 1905, and 265 in 1904.
The Infectious Sickness Rate of the District was 5.9 to
each 1,000 of the population, compared with 6.2 in 1906,
4.9 in 1905, and 10.3 in 1904. The average for the ten
years 1897 to 1906 was 6.5.
The 216 cases represented infection in 167 different
houses.
The cases removed to Hospital numbered 117, that is
54 per cent, of those notified, which is about the average
proportion for recent years.
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 9th, 1907 | 10 | 2 | — | 12 |
| January 30th | 12 | 4 | — | 16 |
| February 19th | 13 | 8 | — | 21 |
| March 13th | 17 | 6 | — | 23 |
| April 29th | 13 | 7 | — | 20 |
| May 17th | 10 | 5 | — | 15 |
| June 10th | 3 | 8 | — | 11 |
| July 1st | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| July 19th | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| August 31st | 5 | 3 | — | 8 |
| October 14 th | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| November 1st | 20 | 4 | — | 24 |
| November 23rd | 21 | 4 | – | 25 |
| December 12 th | 18 | 5 | 1 | 24 |