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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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The Principal Epidemic Diseases.
The Zymotic death-rate (deaths from the following
diseases) Smallpox 0, Measles 1, Scarlatina 1Diphtheria
1, Whooping Cough 2, Diarrhoea 2, was 0.4; the lower
rate being due to 3 deaths from Whooping Cough and
Measles as compared with 12 last year.
The principal Epidemic Diseases Death-rate- in previous years was:—
| 1884 | 2.1 | 1894 | 1.6 | 1904 | 1.1 |
| 1885 | 1.2 | 1895 | 0.9 | 1905 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 2.7 | 1896 | 1.5 | 1906 | 1.5 |
| 1887 | 0.8 | 1897 | 2.5 | 1907 | 0.58 |
| 1888 | 1.5 | 1898 | .1.9 | 1908 | 0.47 |
| 1889 | 0.7 | 1899 | 2.5 | 1909 | 0.63 |
| 1890 | 1.6 | 1900 | 0.5 | 1910 | 0.6 |
| 1891 | 1.5 | 1901 | 1.8 | 1911 | 1.76 |
| 1892 | 1.0 | 1902 | 1.4 | 1912. | 1.17 |
| 1893 | 2.3 | 1903 | 1.4 | 1913. | 0.4 |
Table of Infectious Diseases.
| Month. | Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal. | Tuberculosis. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis | Other Forms. | ||||||||
| January | 0 | l | l | 0 | l | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| February | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| March | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| April | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| June | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| July | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| September | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| October | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| November | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| December | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | 1 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 79 |