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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 1955
[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. | 462 | 5 | 172 | 280 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Whooping-Cough. | 47 | 1 | 17 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet-Fever. | 12 | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Pneumonia. | 12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Diphtheria. | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis. | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Meningococcal-infection. | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas. | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dysentery. | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Pulm.Tuberculosis. | 14 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Other Tuberculosis. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning. | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| Typhoid-Fever. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Opthalmia-Neonatorum. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal-Pyrexia. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTAL. | 560 | 7 | 190 | 319 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
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