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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
Friern Barnet 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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The principal Epidemic Diseases Death-rate in previous
years was:—
1884 2.1
1885 1.2
1886 2.7
1887 0.8
1888 1.5
1889 0.7
1890 1.6
1891 1.5
1892 1.0
1893 2.3
1894 1.6
1895 0.9
1896 1.5
1897 2.5
1898 1.9
1899 2.5
1900 0.5
1901 1.8
1902 1.4
1903 1.4
1904 1.1
1905 1.0
1906 1.5
1907 0.58
1508 0.47
1909 0.63
1910 0.6
It will be seen from Table II. that 49 Notification
Certificates of Infections Diseases were received as compared
with 50 in 1906,78 in 1907, 122 in 1908, 114 in
1909. and 56 in 1910. The decrease being due to the
fewer number of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever and Tuberculous
cases.
Table of Infectious Diseases.
| Month. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Enteric. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal. | Phthisis. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| March | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| April | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| May | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| June | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sept'ber | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| October | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| November | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| December | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Totals | 0 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 49 |