London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The following table shows the number of notifications and the number of deaths during the past 10 years:
| Year | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 1941 | 34 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 1942 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 1943 | 41 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| 1944 | 48 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 1945 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 1946 | 43 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 1947 | 54 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 2 | - |
| 1948 | 37 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1949 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 1950 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ~ |
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
Candidates for permanent appointment to the Council's
service are required to pass a medical examination on appointment.
This also applies to the Manual Staff for admission to the
Sickness Pay Scheme of the National Joint Industrial Council
for Local Authorities' Non-Trading Services.
During the year the following examinations were carried out:
Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff 18
Sickness Pay Scheme 71
Total 89
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