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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Table 1.
ANALYSIS OF CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING
31st DECEMBER 1940
| Disease | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | No. removed to hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Un.l | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & 0 | North | South | Central | Friern Hospital | ||
| Scarlet Fever i | 23 | — | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Diphtheria | 31 | - | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 29 |
| Pneumonia | 18 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | — |
| Measles | 99 | 4 | 38 | 43 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 19 | 22 | 57 | 1 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| German Measles | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| Meningitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dysentry | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Scabies | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 21 | - | - | 3 | 15 | 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | - | |
| Other Tuberculosis | 8 | - i | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| T0TALS | 227 | ! 6 | 52 | 78 | 38 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 60 | 58 | 86 | 23 | 67 |