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Friern Barnet 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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From this table the following facts emerge:-
1. Scarlet Fever notifications totalled 14 in 1964 an increase
of 3 on the 1963 figures.
2. Diphtheria the last case of diphtheria notified was 9 years
ago and it is 18 years since this was a cause of death.
3. Measles notifications fell from 314 in 1963 to 46 this year.
4. Pertussis notifications were 10 compared with 23 last year.
5. One case of Dysentery was notified and no cases of Food Poisoning
compared with 13 cases of Dysentery and 6 of Food Poisoning last
year.
6. No cases of poliomyelitis were notified.
7. Six cases of Tuberculosis were notified during 1964, only half
last year's figure. One of these was a case in Friern Hospital.
8. International certificates. The number of certificates of
successful vaccination or re-vaccination brought to the
Department for authentication by persons proceeding overseas was
116.
Immunisation and Vaccination in the control
of Infectious Diseases.
The following table gives a rough estimate of the extent
to which the population of Friern Barnet is protected by immunisation
from the various infectious diseases.
This is based on our knowledge of the rate of immunisation obtaining in children from infancy to fifteen years of age covering the period from 1935 to the present date. (The figures do not however take account of movement of population into or out of the Borough with the exception of young children under 2 years).
| Disease. | Age range of population of Friern Barnet estimated to possess useful protection conferred by vaccination or immunisation. |
| Diphtheria | From infancy to approximately age 40. During 1964 93% of children reaching the age of 2 years had been immunised. |
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