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Barnet 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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SANITARY CONDITIONS AND WATER SUPPLY OF SCHOOLS.
There are in the district fourteen schools administered by the South Herts
Divisional Education Committee, viz.- Queen Elizabeth's Boys and Girls Grammar
Schools, Ravenscroft Secondary Modern School, Foulds School (Junior Mixed and
Infants) Christ Church School for Infants; Christ Church School for Girls,
Christ Church School for Junior Boys; The Elizabeth Allen Secondary Modern School;
Grasvenor Infants School, Underhill School (Junior Mixed and Infants); St.
Catherine's Roman Catholic School and Will tings Hill School (Junior Mixed and
Infants).
The South Herts College of Further Education, Wood Street, Barnet, is
available for Girls and Boys between the ages of 15 and 18.
All schools in the district are supplied "ith 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
taken to the Council's Sewage Farm, '-here 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 Disease Regulations, and the number of cases removed to Hospital,
| DISEASE | NOTIFIED | REMOVED TO HOSPITAL |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 47 | 10 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | Nil | Nil |
| Measles | 107 | 3 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 6 | 3 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | Nil | Nil |
| " " (Non-Paralytic) | 2 | 2 |
| Acute Encephalitis | Nil | Nil |
| Dysentery | 9 | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Nil | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 41 | 41 |
| Smallpox | Nil | Nil |
| Malaria | Nil | Nil |
| Typhoid Fever | Nil | Nil |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis | 22 | 20 |
| TOTALS | 266 | 101 |