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Barnet 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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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 were 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, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid
Fever^ Tuberculosis, Dysentery and Food Poisoning.
specimens were examined and reported upon as follows:-
| Positive. | Negative. | |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | 2 |
| Diphtheria | - | 22 |
| Tuberculosis | 1 | 15 |
| Dysentery | - | 18 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1947.
| YEARS OF AGE. | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | — | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | - | - | — | — | - | - |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - |
| 65 and over | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| TOTALS | 8 | 14 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - |
The six deaths from Tuberculosis were all previously notified cases, from