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 Urban District Council]
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Of the foregoing, the following eases normally resident outside the
district were notified from the Wellhouse Hospital:- Erysipelas 2;
Puerperal Pyrexia 22; Pneumonia 15; Cerebro Spinal- Meningitis 3; Whooping
Cough 7; Encephalitis 1; Poliomyelitis 7; Enteric 2; Paratyphoid "B" 1,
The oases of Tuberculosis removed are chiefly sent to Ware Sanatorium.
The Case Rates per 1,000 of the population arc as follows:- Scarlet
Fever 0.73, Tuberculosis 1.16, Puerperal Pyrexia 13.39 (per 1,000 Births).
AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YEARS OF AGE | |||||||||||||
0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | Total. | |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 17 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Enteric | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 20 | |
Paratyphoid "B" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 17 | |
Whooping Cough | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 96 |
Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
Measles | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 63 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 24 | - | - | - | 28 |
Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 39 |
Totals | 17 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 79 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 299 |