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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Of the foregoing, the following cases normally resident outside the district
were notified from the Wellhouse'Hospital:- Dysentery 1; Puerperal Pyrexia 22;
Pneumonia 11; Meningitis 2; Whooping Cough 1; Measles 5; Polioencephalitis 1;
Scarlet Fever 1; Cerebro Spinal Fever 1; Typhoid 2.
The cases of Tuberculosis removed are chiefly sent to Fare Sanatorium.
The Case Rates per 1,000 of the population are as follows:- Scarlet Fever
1.26; Tuberculosis 1.02; Puerperal Pyrexia 4.77 (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-122221121---32
Cerebro Spinal Fever---1--------1
Dysentery-2---l------3
Typhoid------1--1-2
Meningitis-11-------1-3
Polioencephalitis-------1----l
Whooping Cough8105211241-l---62
Erysipelas--------233l9
Measles821241948143613---273
Puerperal Pyrexia-------1212--24
Pneumonia22------3410627
TOTALS183732246l18986319157437

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MORTAL STATISTICS.
Of 262 deaths, 10 occurred under one year of age.
The following were the chief causes of death:- Heart Disease 8l; Cancer 55;
(l6 males and 39 females); Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 22; Bronchitis 16;
Tuberculosis 10; Pneumonia (all forms) 8; Congenital Debility and Malformation
5; Suicide 2; Road Traffic Accidents 3; Other Violence 10.