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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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DISEASES.
| School. | Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Mumps. | Whooping Cough. | Ringworm. | Sore-throat. | Forms Received. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Contacts. | Cases. | Contacts. | Cases. | Contacts. | Cases. | Contacts. | Cases. | Contacts. | Cases. | Contacts. | ||
| C. of E., St. Paul's Road | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| ,, Cromwell Koad | Nil | Nil | 0 | ||||||||||
| ,, Glenthorne Road | 3 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| ,, Fiiern Lane | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| „ Oakleigh Road | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| M.C.C., Sydney Road | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| „ Garfield Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Holly ParK | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Totals | 13 | 8 | 46 | 19 | 56 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 |
The above Table shews a total of 126 ascertained cases against 109 in 1913 and 245 in 1912.
The number of Measles is again low. viz., 13, as compared with 20 in 1913 and 114 in 1912.
There was also a decrease in the number of cases of Mumps, viz., 50, as compared with 71 in 1913.
There was, however, an increase in Chicken-pox, for which St. Paul's School was mainly responsible.
There was a sharp outbreak of Scarlet Fever in the Brunswick Park School necessitating closure for a period, and
several Friern Barnet scholars attending this Hertfordshire School were affected.