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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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| Sonne Dysentery | 27 | 261 |
| Salmonella | 22 | |
| Coagulase Pos. Staphylococci | 1 | |
| Clostridium Welchii | 4 | |
| Esch. Coli | 7 | |
| Sputum: | ||
| T.B. Smear | — | I 21 |
| Other Organisms | 8 | |
| Whooping Cough: | ||
| Cough Plate | — | 1 |
| Post-nasal Swab | — | |
| 119 | 436 | |
Tuberculosis
Two persons died from tuberculosis during 1959, giving a death
rate of 0.029 per 1,000 population.
Twenty-six new cases were notified and this figure is the lowest
number per year of new notifications on record. The case rate per
1,000 population was 0.38.
One child under school age was found to be suffering from
tuberculosis of the lungs.
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 | Nou-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 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 | — | — |
| 1955 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| 1957 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| 1958 | 19 | 10 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1959 | 14 | 9 | - | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |