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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: Comparative Figures of Accidents and Casualties for the years 1957-1961

Comparative Figures of Accidents and Casualties for the years 1957-1961

19571958195919601961
Number of Street Accidents359481464483441
Casualty Figures:
Adults:
Killed:
Under 60 years of age24512
Over 60 years of age22421
Seriously injured:
Under 60 years of age61737064/ 4
Over 60 years of age912161618
Slightly injured:
Under 60 years of age270362390413384
Over 60 years of age3323304434
TOTALS377476515540513
Children:
Killed1--11
Seriously injured7158510
Slightly injured5169776053
TOTALS5984856664
GRAND TOTALS436560600606577

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* One case was notified as Diphtheria, but the diagnosis was subsequently amended.
Figures concerning notified cases of Tuberculosis will be found on page 24.
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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASESThe following table shows the number of cases notified during the past five years:-

INFECTIOUS DISEASESThe following table shows the number of cases notified during the past five years:-

19571958195919601961
Diphtheria-----*
Dysentery74124513
Encephalitis----2
Erysipelas44122
Food Poisoning2313417
Measles957206602741173
Meningococcal Infection2--11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum34212
Paratyphoid Fever--41-
Pneumonia353535128
Poliomyelitis12-5--
Puerperal Pyrexia2929302625
Scarlet Fever7158271918
Smallpox-----
Typhoid Fever-----
Whooping Cough1192272511