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Finchley 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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higher than In 1941 and the deaths one less. For the
first time the number of deaths of females exceeds that
of males, but this may not have any significant meaning*
The following table shows the numbers of notifications and deaths for the past 5 years:-
| Year | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 1938 | 47 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 1939 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | - |
| 1940 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 1941 | 34 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 1942 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
SCABIES.
Cases of scabies were just as numerous in 1942 as in
the previous year but, on the whole, they were easier to
treat, as they were discovered at an earlier stage of the
disease and presented fewer complications. All the cases
were treated by the Civil Defence Personnel at the First
Aid Posts.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The number of children attending the Infant Welfare
Centres continues to increase. Seven hundred and sixty
three children under 1 year of age and 1557 between 1 and
5 years made a total of 19,598 attendances. The members
of the Voluntary Association continued to give valuable
service at all three centres.