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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 submit my Annual Report as
Medical Officer of Health of the district for the year 1950.
It will be seen that so far as the general, health
of the district was concerned, the year 1950 was uneventful.
The Birth and Death Rites both shewed a slight increase
compared with 1949, whilst the Infantile Mortality Rate,
although higher, compared favourably with the figure for the
whole country. The Infectious Sickness Rate also shewed an
increase, but this was almost entirely due to the fact that the
number of Whooping Cough notifications was considerably more
than the previous year, and has little prectieal significance.
A slight increase was also recorded in the number of Measles
notifications. For the second year in succession there
were no cases of Diphtheria. Five cases of Polio-myelitis
were notified, but no source of infection was traced, nor were
any of the cases known contacts. The figures for Tuberculosis
compare closely with the previous year, but shew a slight
decrease in the number of new cases.
I am grateful to the Chairman and Members of the
Public Health Committee for their support during the year,
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