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munication of an ever-growing proportion of the population of
Barnet with that of the Metropolis.
A few years ago this proportion was small, and consequently
the risk of importation of infection slight. The
tendency of late years amongst the workers of London to
migrate into the suburbs has been responsible for the introduction
of fresh inroads of infection, which require to be
carefully watched.
During the past year a number of cases were traced to
direct importation, enquiries having elicited the fact that the
patient had been in contact with a person whom it was known
had contracted infection.
Highly infectious diseases such as Scarlet Fever are
readily transmitted from one district to another, and the
experience of Barnet of a slight epidemic during the past few
months has been co-incident with that of London generally,
and it is therefore quite feasible that owing to this intercommunication
of populations an outbreak in a particular district
or districts may have had its origin the other side of London.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
The above Acts are enforced by the County Authority
in this district.