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]
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TABLE 1.
ANALYSIS OF CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING
31st. DECEMBER. 1946.
DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | CASES IN EACH WARD. | No. Removed to Hosp. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All. | Un.1. | 1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25. | 25-45. | 45-65. | 65&0. | North. | South. | Cent. | East | West. | Friern Hospital. | ||
Measles. | 194 | 5 | 90 | 98 | - | 1 | - | - | 37 | 68 | 45 | 17 | 27 | - | 6 |
Whooping Cough. | 52 | 3 | 31 | 17 | - | 1 | - | - | 11 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 8 | - | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 44 | - | 11 | 28 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | - | 29 |
Diphtheria. | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | |
Dysentery. | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | - | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Pneumonia. | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 5 | — | - | 7 | — |
Erysipelas. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
Pulm. Tuberculosis. | 26 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
Para-typhoid. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | — | - | 1 |
Polio-myelitis. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
TOTALS. | 348 | 10 | 134 | 149 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 75 | 113 | 84 | 25 | 42 | 9 | 51 |