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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 1954
[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 | |
| 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 | — |
| 1951 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 1952 | 43 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | — | — |
| 1953 | 29 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 7 | | 4 | — | — |
| 1954 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ~ | - |
Medical Examinations
Twenty-six persons were examined on appointment to the
Council's staff and 22 workmen were examined with a view to their
admission to the Council's Sickness Pay Scheme.
National Assistance Act, 1948
(a) Section 47
Several cases were brought to the notice of the Department of
persons who were living in insanitary surroundings and who were
not receiving proper care and attention.
In each case it was possible to make satisfactory arrangements
for these persons without having to resort to compulsory removal
to suitable premises under the provisions of the above section.
(b) Section 50
Three burials were carried out by the Council under the
provisions of this Section.
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