Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
This page requires JavaScript
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 |