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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 1956
[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. | Un.l. | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65&O | |
| Measles. | 80 | 2 | 31 | 47 | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping-Cough. | 18 | - | 8 | 9 | - | 1 | - | |
| Scarlet-Fever . | 22 | - | 7 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia, | 5 | - | - | — | — | - | 2 | 3 |
| Dysentery. | 38 | - | 4 | 6 | - | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Poliomyelitis. | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Pulm.Tuberculosis . | 17 | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Other Tuberculosis . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning. | 7 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Opthalmia-Neonatorum. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal-Pyrexia. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL. | 193 | 2 | 50 | 81 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 25 |
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