Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Statement of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year,
together with Number of Notifications in previous Years.
The "Infectious Diseases Notification Act" wan adopted by your Authority
in the year 1890, and came into operation on January lst. 1891. The
following are the diseases which are to be notified: Smallpox, cholera,
diphtheria, membraneous croup, erysipelas, scarlet fever, typhus, typhoid, enteric,
relapsing, continue 1, or puerperal fevers.
Measles was added to this list in the year 1894.
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Puerperal Fever. | Typhoid. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Ward | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 |
Central Ward | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 87 |
South Ward | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 84 |
Lunatic Asylum | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
88 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 87 | 99 |
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 38 | Scarlet Fever. |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Diphtheria |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Puerpl Fever |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Typhd Fever. |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | Ery- sipelas |
0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 37 | Measles |
6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 99 | Total. |
From the above tabulated statement of infectious illness, it is to be noticed
that Small-pox, Membraneous Croup, and Cholera were absent from the District.
Notification of Infectious Diseases received during the several years since
adoption of the Act, with rate per 1,000 of the population.
In 1891 received 48 notifications, equal to a rate per 1,000 of population of 6.3
In 1892 „ 50 „ „ „ „ ,, 7.9
In 1898 „ 99 „ ,, „ „ „ 13.4
In 1894 „ 07 „ „ „ „ „ 8.9
*In 1895 „ 99 „ „ „ „ „ 12.8
"This number (99) includes 37 measles, which became notifiable for first
time during the year 1895. Without measles the number of notifications
received was 62, equal to a rate per 1,000 of the population of 8.05.
Scarlet Fever.
Thirty-eight cases of illness were notified. In nearly all of the cases
personal contact was traced as the cause of illness. Four cases in the Lunatic
Asylum were caused by the admission of a patient suffering from this illness.
Twelve cases occurred in the South Ward. In one family five children were
affected. When only two children were affected an offer was made to remove