London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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Infants Departments) and St. Catherine's Roman Catholic School (Junior Mixed and
Infants Departments).
DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE„
The house refuse is collected weekly in covered mechanical conveyances and
conveyed to the Council's Sewage Farm, where it is loaded into contract[???] covered
lorries and disposed of daily by a controlled tipping system outside the district.
PREVALENCE OF. AND CONTROL OVER. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The following table shews the number of Notifications to the Sanitary Authority during the year, of each disease specified in the Public Health Act, 1936, and the Regulations, and the number removed to Hospitals-
| NATURE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE | NOTIFIED | REMOVED TO HOSPITAL | DEATHS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Cholera | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | 26 | Nil |
| Typhus | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Malaria | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 3 | Nil |
| Tuberculosis | 25 | 17 | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Meningitis | 3 | 3 | Nil |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | Nil |
| Encephalitis | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | 24 | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 27 | 20 | 8 |
| Enteric | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Typhoid | 2 | 2 | Nil |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | Nil |
| Measles | 273 | 10 | Nil |
| Whooping Cough | 62 | 3 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 462 | 111 | 20 |