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Barnet 1946

[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.

DISEASENUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED
YEARS OF AGE
0-1-2-3-4-5-10-15-20-35-45-65-Total.
Scarlet Fever----11222----17
Diphtheria----1-------1
Enteric-1------11--3
Dysentery--11282122-120
Paratyphoid "B"---------1--1
Meningitis1----1111---5
Encephalitis------1-----1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1-----------1
Poliomyelitis----264-32--17
Whooping Cough1012131511261-221-96
Erysipelas---1--111217
Measles25612725213---63
Puerperal Pyrexia-------124---28
Pneumonia32-2-115466939
Totals17202330257914124118911299