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FRIERN BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
TOWN HALL, N.11.
The Chairman, and Members of the
Friern Barnet Urban District Council.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my report upon
the health conditions and sanitary circumstances of the
district for the year ending 31st. December, 1949.
The report is again drawn up in an abbreviated
form in accordance with circular 2/50 issued by the Ministry
of Health. It is little more than a factual record of
statistics, although opportunity has been taken to make such
comments as are called for throughout the report.
Viewing 1949 from the broad aspects of health,
the year can be considered satisfactory. The birth and death
rates have not materially altered. The infantile mortality
rate, although higher than last year, compares favourably with
the figure for the whole country. The infectious sickness
rate has fallen, but it must bo noted that a considerable
decrease in Whooping Cough notifications over the previous year
was almost entirely responsible for the reduction. A noteworthy
feature of the year was that for the first time on record no
casus of Diphtheria were notified. Four cases of Polio-myelitis
were notified, but no source of infection was traced, nor were
any of the cases known contacts. Once again there was an
increase in the number of new cases of Tuberculosis.
I would take this opportunity of expressing my
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