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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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The Principle Epidemic Diseases.
The Zymotic death-rate was 0.39. There were
no deaths from Smallpox. Measles, Scarlatina, Diphtheria
or Whooping Cough, and only 6 from Diarrhoea. Considering
the exceptionally hot and dry summer this
number is very notable.
The principal Epidemic Diseases Death-rate in previous years was: —
| 1884 | 2.1 | 1895 | 0.9 | 1906 | 1.5 |
| 1885 | 1.2 | 1896 | 1.5 | 1907 | 0.58 |
| 1886 | 2.7 | 1897 | 2.5 | 1908 | 0.47 |
| 1887 | 0.8 | 1898 | 1.9 | 1909 | 0.63 |
| 1888 | 1.5 | 1899 | 2.5 | 1910 | 0.6 |
| 1889 | 0.7 | 1900 | 0.5 | 1911 | 1.76 |
| 1890 | 1.6 | 1901 | 1.8 | 1912 | 1.17 |
| 1891 | 1.5 | 1902 | 1.4 | 1913 | 0.4 |
| 1892 | 1.0 | 1903 | 1.4 | 1914 | 0.39 |
| 1893 | 2.3 | 1904 | 1.1 | ||
| 1894 | 1.6 | 1905 | 1.0 |
Table of Infectious Diseases.
| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puer-peral Fever. | Phthisis | Other Tubercular Diseases. | Ophthal mia Neonatorum. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| February | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| March | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| April | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| May | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| June | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| July | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| September | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| October | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| November | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| December | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | 59 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 1 | 05 |