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Friern Barnet 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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The following notifications have been received from the schoo; excluding those renotified under the Notification Act.
| School. | Disease. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles. | Mumps. | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | |
| C. of E. St. Pauls Road | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Cromwell Road | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Glenthorne Road | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| „ Friern Lane | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Oakleigh Road | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| M.C.C. Sydney Road | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| „ Garfield Road | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| „ Holly Park | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 20 | 71 | 9 | 9 |
This gives a total number of ascertained cases of
109 against 245 for 1912.
The great reduction is in the number of measles, 20
against 114 for 1912. We may expect the number of
measles to keep low for a period until the infants departments
of the schools are occupied by young children not
immune from attack by previous infection.
Midwives Act.
There is one Midwife living within and working in
the district.
Isolation Hospitals.
The District under an arrangement with the Southgate
District Council, has six beds for the treatment of
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever.
Thirty-one cases have been removed to Hospital
during the year.
Provision is made for Small-pox, the District
having made arrangements with the Middlesex Joint
Small-pox Hospital Board for beds at Clare Hall.
Infectious Diseases and the Means taken to
Prevent Their Spread.
On receipt of information respecting an infectious
case the premises are visited, a printed list of instructions
as to necessary precautions is given and explained, disinfectants
are supplied, and the schools attended in the
case of children, and their employers in the case of adults,
notified.