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Friern Barnet 1951
[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, 1951.
| disease. | All. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | CASES IN EACH WARD. | Friern Hosp. | NO. REMOVED TO HOSP. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Un.l. | 1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25. | 25-45. | 45-65. | 65&0. | North | South. | Cent. | East. | We s t. | ||||
| Measles. | 317 | 9 | 159 | 141 | 8 | — | — | — | 51 | 120 | 67 | 15 | 63 | 1 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough. | 91 | 4 | 45 | 38 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 29 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever. | 24 | — | 9 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 11 |
| Pneumonia. | 11 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | —. |
| Poliomveliuis. | 3. | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Dysentery. | 11 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | — | . | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas. | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Pulm.Tuberculosis. Non-Palmonary | 27 | — | — | — | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Tuberculosis. | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever. | 6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Puerperal Pyraxia. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Opthalmia-Neonatorum. | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| total. | 497 | 14 | 213 | 202 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 108 | 158 | 98 | 36 | 83 | 14 | 25 |