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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 1.
ANALYSIS OF CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| DISEASE. | All. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Un. 1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65&O. | ||
| Measles. | 395 | 12 | 189 | 137 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Whooping-Cough. | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet-Fever . | 31 | - | 3 | 26 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia. | 22 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Dysentery. | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | |
| Erysipelas. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis. | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis. | 33 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| Other Tuberculosis . | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| Food Poisoning. | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal. Pyrexia. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS. | 540 | 16 | 207 | 235 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 18 |