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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]

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Of the foregoing, the following cases normally resident outside the district
were notified from the Wellhouse Hospital:- Erysipelas 1; Puerperal Pyrexia 17;
Pneumonia 29; Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 2; Whooping Cough 4; Measles 63 Poliomyelitis
1.
The cases of Tuberculosis removed are chiefly sent to Ware Sanatorium.
The Case Rates per 1,000 of the population are cs follows:- Scarlet Fever 0.59}
Tuberculosis 1.00; Puerperal Pyrexia 10.40 (per 1,000 Births).

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-Total
Scarlet Fever----352l3---14
Diphtheria-------2----2
Enteric----l-------1
Typhoid--------l---1
Meningitis2-----------2
Poliomyelitis-----2-2l---5
Whooping Cough1041296311-2-1-76
Erysipelas--------2l227
Measles21011914347542--98
Puerperal Pyrexia-------1174--22
Pneumonia613-24-1-83141456
TOTALS201526182676111138101716284

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MORTAL STATISTICS,
Of 284 deaths, 10 occurred under one year of age.
The following were the chief causes of death:- Heart Disease 87; Cancer 41
(15 males and 26 females); Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 33> Pneumonia (all
forms) 23; Bronchitis 16; Tuberculosis 6; Congenital Debility and Malformation 4;
Suicide 5J Road Traffic Accidents 75 Other Violence 6.