Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT.
C ases of I nfectious D isease N otified During the Y ear 1914.
Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 & upwards. | Arkley. | Chipping Barnet. | Uadley, part of. | South Mimms. | Totteridge. | |||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera (c) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 12 | .. | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Erysipelas | *10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
Scarlet Fever | 25 | .. | 4 | 16 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 2 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 20 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 32 | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | .. | 5 | 12 | 2 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 106 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 57 | .. | .. | .. | 30 |
*Includes 4 cases of Erysipelas notified from Poor Law Union of Patients not belonging to District.
Isolation Hospital:-Barnet Joint Isolation Hospital.
Sanatoria receiving cases from District—Hatfield Sanatorium, Barnet Union Sanatorium, Brompton Hospital,
Frimley Sanatorium, Ipswich Sanatorium, Clare Hall Sanatorium, and Ventnor Sanatorium.