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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 1.
ANALYSIS. OF CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING.
31st. DECEMBER 1944.
| Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Cases in each Ward. | No. removed to Hosp | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All. | Un.l | . 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & 0. | North. | South | Central | Friern Hosp. | ||
| Scarlet Fever. | 47 | - | 7 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 20 | 11 | 16 | - | 25 |
| Diphtheria. | 12 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | 12 |
| Pneumonia. | 34 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Measles. | 76 | 4 | 28 | 44 | — | — | - | - | 50 | 8 | 18 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough. | 134 | 17 | 68 | 47 | — | 2 | - | - | 29 | 49 | 56 | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas. | 10 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Sonne-dysentery. | 1 | 1 | - | - | — | - | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | 27 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| Other Tuberculosis, | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS. | 345 | 24 | 109 | 133 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 9 | 124 | 95 | 117 | 9 | 47 |