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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 1.
ANALYSIS OF CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All. i | Un.l. | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 over | |
| Measles. | 195 | 2 | 85 | 106 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough. | 65 | 6 | 31 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever. | 26 | - | 5 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia. | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas. | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis. | l | - | - | 1 | - | -- | - | - |
| Dysentery. | 19 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis. | 28 | - | - | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Non-Pulm. Tuberculosis. | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| Typhoid Fever. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning. | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria. | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - |
| Malaria. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum. | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS. | 357 | 8 | 123 | 158 | 13 | 27 | 21 | 7 |
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