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Barnet 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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All schools in the district are supplied with mains water and are connected
to the Council's main drainage system,
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 Contractor's
covered lorries and disposed of daily by controlled tipping outside the district.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
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 various Infectious Diseases Regulations, and the number of cases removed to Hospitals:-
| DISEASE | NOTIFIED | REMOVED TO HOSPITAL |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 45 | 16 |
| Whooping Cough | 91 | 4 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | Nil | Nil |
| Measles | 40 | 2 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 7 | 5 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 3 | 3 |
| " " (Non-Paralytic) | 2 | 2 |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 3 | Nil |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | l | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ||
| Smallpox | Nil | Nil |
| Paratyphoid B. | 1 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | 28 | 14 |
| TOTALS | 266 | 91 |