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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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LABORATORY WORK.
The Council have made arrangements with the Clinical
Research Association for examination and reports on all suspected
cases of Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, and Tuberculosis.
84 specimens were examined and reported upon as follows:-
| Positive. | Negative. | |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 4 | 62 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | 3 | 14 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1938
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 35 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 55 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 and over | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 12 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
The six deaths from Tuberculosis were all previously
notified cases, from which it would appear that the notification
of Tuberculosis cases is efficiently carried out. There were no
cases of wilful neglect or of refusal to notify Tuberculosis in
any form.