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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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Table: AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

DISEASENUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED
YEARS OF AGE
0-1-2-3-4-5-10-15-20-35-45-65-
Scarlet Fever-3221145231--
Diphtheria----1-------
Dysentery-----2-1-1-1
Meningitis-----1--11--
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1-----------
Whooping Cough3422371-----
Erysipelas---------332
Measles1426254349196516321-
Puerperal Pyrexia-------414---
Pneumonia1332-3-25-53
Totals1936324954223571526896

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MORTAL STATISTICS.
Of 234 deaths, 11 occurred under one year of age.
The following were the chief causes of death:- Cancer 35 (l8 males and
17 females); Heart Disease 73; Tuberculosis (all forms) 5; Bronchitis 13;
Pneumonia (all forms) 9; Congenital Debility and Malformation 4; Premature Birth 3;
Suicide 2; Other Violence 8,
CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
No use has been made of the Schick and Dick Tests in Diphtheria and Scarlet
Fever.
VACCINATION.
No primary or revaccinations wore performed by the Medical Officer of Health
under the Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917,
LABORATORY WORK.
The Council have made arrangements with the Clinical Research Association for
examination and reports on all suspected cases of Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, Tuberculosis,
Dysentery and Food Poisoning. 58 specimens were examined and reported upon
as follows:-
Positive. Negative.
Scarlet Fever - 4
Diphtheria - 27
Typhoid Fever - 2
Tuberculosis 1 10
Dysentery 3 11