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Barnet 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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Table: AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

DISEASE\ NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED
YEARS OF AGE
0-1-2-3-4-5-10-15-25-45-65-75-Total
Scarlet Fever--253322-1----
Whooping Cough233151050511-1--
Measles1135914412---40
Acute Pneumonia-----1--22-27
Meningococcal Infection11------1-4
Acute Poliomyelitis-
(Paralytic)____i___2_-_3
(Non-Paralytic)--I----l----2
Acute Encephalitis1-----------1
Dysentery-----1--11--3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1-----------1
Puerperal Pyrexia-------723---30
Paratyphoid B-------1----1
Food Poisoning-------133--7
Erysipelas---------2--2
Typhoid Fever------------1
TOTALS6592623991112351912238

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Of the foregoing, the following cases normally resident outside the
district were notified from the Barnet General. Hospital and the Victoria
Maternity Hospital:-
Whooping Cough 4; Measles 1, Meningococcal Infection 3; Acute Poliomyelitis
(Paralytic) 2, (Non-Paralytic) 1$ Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1; Puerperal
Pyrexia 23, Food Poisoning 2, Typhoid Fever 1.
The cases of Tuberculosis removed for treatment are usually sent to
Clare Hall, South Mimms, or Grim's Dyke, Harrow Weald Sanatoria) other
patients Vvdth an infectious disease being sent to Coppett's Wood Hospital,
Muswell Hill, N.10.
The Case Rates, of certain diseases, per 1,000 of the population for