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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 1947
[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. | kCASES IN EACH WARD. | Friern Hospitsl | No. Removed to Hosp. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Un. l | 1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25 | 25-45. | 45-65. | 65& 0. | North. | South. | Cent. | East | West. | |||
| Measles. | 125 | 3 | 65 | 57 | - | _ | - | - | 32 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 33 | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 56 | 8 | 30 | 14 | - | 4 | - | - | 23 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 41 | - | 4 | 31 | - | 3 | - | - | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | - | 22 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | i | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Dysentery | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | — | - | - | 14 | - | |
| Pneumonia | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | ||
| Erysipelas | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pulm.Tuberculosis | 36 | 1 | - | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | - | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| Other Tuberculosis | 1 | - | - | - | -j- | 1 | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS. | J 301 | 13 | 103 | 106 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 80 | 36 | 46 | 62 | 57 | 20 | 36 |