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FRIERN BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Public Hea1th Department,
Town Hall,
N. 11.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Friern Barnet Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
This report is prepared in accordance with
instructions contained in Circular 2604 of the 24th March 1942,
and will differ from the general scheme of previous reports,
inasmuch as no figures will be given from which an estimate
of the population of the district or its wards can be inferred,
and no data supplied by the Registrar General will be included.
There has not been anything detrimental to affect
the general health of the district, during the year, and with
the exception of a rise above our normal in the incidence of
Diphtheria, which is the highest for some years past, the
incidence of the usual notifiable diseases has been remarkably
low.
Measles and Whooping Cough were prevalent throughout
the winter, but did not reach epidemeic proportions. There were
not any deaths, and very few complications, only three cases
requiring hospital treatment. Of 49 notified cases of
Diphtheria, 48 were treated in hospital, and in addition 15
persons not showing clinical diphtheria were proved carriers of
the infection, and were treated in hospital.
In accordance with the policy of the Ministry of Health,
attificial immunisation of persons against Diphtheria was
amplified by the establishment of a clinic in April 1941.
The service was well advertised by press notices, pamphlets,
and- pictorial posters, and facilities provided for treatment
at the Holly Park Clinic on the 1st. and 3rd. Fridays in the
month. With the co-operation of the child welfare clinic
and the assistance of the school teachers, the school children
were supplied with pamphlets and consent forms for the parents.
There was an outbreak of the disease amongst the scholars of
the Hollickwood school, and Dr. Stephen the School Medical
Officer, swabbed the throats of contacts and revealed a number
of carriers.
A special clinic for Diphtheria Prophylaxis was arranged for
at the school.
Fortunately, the disease was of a very mild typo, only two
deaths occurred, neither in persons of school age, one being
a very young child, and the other an adult.
The total number of persons who received a complete course of
treatment for immunisation was 456. Of the notified cases,
five had received a complete course of immunisation, and two
had received one injection of 0.3 cc. of A. P. T. Of the 15
carriers, two had received a complete course of immunisation,
and two had received one injection of 0.3 cc. of A. P. T.
I have to acknowledge valuable co-operation and assistance
from Dr. Stephen in the immunisation work.