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Friern Barnet 1949
[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. 1949.
| DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | CASES IN EACH WARD. | Friern Hosp. | 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. | 304 | 12 | 169 | 118 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 58 | 150 | 44 | 12 | 40 | - | 4 |
| Whooping Cough. | 59 | 3 | 28 | 26 | - | 2 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 19 | - | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever. | 54 | - | 6 | 45 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 13 | - | 22 |
| Pneumonia. | 26 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Poliomyelitis. | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas. | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Dysentery. | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | l | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal-meningitis. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis. | 34 | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | 10 | - | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | - |
| Non-Pulmonary- Tuberculosis. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS. | 493 | 15 | 206 | 194 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 100 | 193 | 82 | 27 | 78 | 13 | 34 |