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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
Barnet 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Rural District]
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The following table gives details of the incidence of notifiable diseases during the year:
| Disease | Total notified | Total cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 34 | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 8 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — |
| Measles | 136 | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | 2 | — |
Age-Group
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Measles | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 78 | 14 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cerebro | ||||||||||||
| spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Whooping | ||||||||||||
| Cough | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Tuberculosis— New cases and mortality during 1940.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1-5 | 1 | |||||||
| 5-10 | 1 | |||||||
| 20-25 | 2 | |||||||
| 25-35 | 2 | |||||||
| 35-45 | 1 | |||||||
| 45-55 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||