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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TABLE III.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1903.
Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 North Ward. | 2 South Ward. | 3 Central Ward. | 4 Asylum. | 1 North Ward. | 2 South 1 Ward. | 3 Central 1 Ward. | 4 Asylum. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | '25 to 65 | 65 and upw'rds. | ||||||||||
Small-pox | |||||||||||||||
Cholera | |||||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 30 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 3 | ... | 4 | 23 | 3 | ... | ... | 13 | .1 | ... |
Membranous Croup Erysipelas | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 37 | ... | 6 | 23 | 6 | 2 | ... | 4 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ... |
Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||||
Enteric Fever | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 7 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... |
Relapsing Fever | |||||||||||||||
Continued Fever | |||||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Plague | |||||||||||||||
Measles | 150 | 10 | 76 | 62 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 115 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 246 | 11 | 89 | 104 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 150 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 14 |
The District is without an Isolation Hospital. Patients sent, when possible, to Southgate, Hornsey, Enfield, or Hendon.
Two were sent to Westminster Hospital, one to St. Bartholomew's, and one to Euston Rd. Hospital for Women.