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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 1957
[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&0 | |
| Measles | 441 | 7 | 183 | 245 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Whooping-Cough. | 42 | 1 | 16 | 24 | - | 1 | - | — |
| Scarlet-Fever | 37 | - | 12 | 24 | 1 | - | - | — |
| Pneumonia. | 26 | — | — | 2 | - | 3 | 12 | 9 |
| Dysentery. | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis. | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Erysipelas. | 4 | — | — | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Pulm.Tuberculosis . | 20 | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| Other Tuberculosis . | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning. | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Paratyphoid-Fever. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal-Pyrexia. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Opthalmia-Neonatorum. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS. | 537 | 8 | 211 | 298 | 9 | 29 | 20 | 12 |
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