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Barnet 1948
[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.
TUBERCULOSIS.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1948.
| YEARS OF AGE. | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F, | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 45 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 55 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 65 and over | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
The ten deaths from Tuberculosis were all previously notified cases, from
which it would appear that the notification of Tuberculosis is efficiently carried
out. There were no cases of wilful neglect or of refusal to notify Tuberculosis
in any form,
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS. 1925.
It has not been found necessary to take any action under the above Regulations,
relating to Tuberculous employees in the Milk Trade.