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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
Southgate 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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The cost of feeding staff and patients during the past year
averaged 8½d. per head per day.
During the year 117 eases were admitted; of these 94
were notified as Scarlet Fever, 19 as Diphtheria, 1 as Typhoid
Fever, 1 as Erysiplelas, 1 as Measles, and 1 as Acute Poliomyelitis
Twenty-eight of the cases were sent in by the Friern
Barnet Urban District Council, of which 24 were Scarlet Fever
and 4 Diphtheria.
There were 2 deaths, 1 from Diphtheria and 1 from Scarlet
Fever.
The average times of detention in Hospital were:—
For Scarlet Fever 50 days, for Diphtheria 44 days.
Number of Patients in Isolation Hospital during each Month, 1913.
| Greatest number. | Lowest number. | Average number. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| Feb | 19 | 9 | 14 |
| Mar | 19 | 13 | 16 |
| April | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| May | 23 | 12 | 17 |
| June | 24 | 13 | 18 |
| July | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| Aug | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Sept. | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Oct. | 20 | 11 | 15 |
| Nov | 25 | 18 | 21 |
| Dec. | 26 | 22 | 24 |
| Average for year | 17 | 11 | 14 |
An agreement has been entered into with the Friern Barnet
Urban District Council, whereby from March 25th, 1910, six beds