Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The following table shews the number of cases of infectious disease which occurred in each Ward.
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enter c Fever. | Ery-spelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Finchley | 38 | 11 | l | 11 | l | 62 |
East Finchley | 35 | 40 | l | 14 | 3 | 93 |
West Finchley | 47 | 36 | 3 | 4 | - | 90 |
120 | 87 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 245 |
Of these 245 cases 154 were removed to the Isolation
Hospital, or 62.85 per cent., as compared with 78.1 per cent.
last year.
The following table shews the number of cases removed to Hospital from each Ward of the district:—
8carlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
North Finchley | 29 | 5 | l | 35 |
East Finchley | 30 | 30 | l | 61 |
West Finchley | 27 | 28 | 3 | 58 |
86 | 63 | 5 | 154 |
The number of deaths and death-rate from the following diseases is shewn in the table below:—
N umber of Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | |
---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | - | - |
Diphtheria | l | 02 |
Enteric Fever | - | - |
Erysipelas | 3 | 06 |
Measles | 4 | 08 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 08 |
Diarrhoea | 11 | 23 |