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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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The number of cases of Measles is slightly higher than last year. A minor
outbreak which reached its peak in June and continued with sporadic cases over the
Summer holidays, suddenly flared up again in November and December.
These periods corresponded with the rising figures in the weekly returns for
England and Wales, published by the Registrar General, which shewed over 14,000
cases per week in December.
Whooping Cough ran on much the same lines but to a lesser degree. The Case
Rates indicate that Barnet had more than its share of these two infectious diseases.
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 1950.
| 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 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 45 | l | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 75 and over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
There were no cases of wilful neglect or of refusal to notify Tuberculosis in
any form.