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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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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 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 60 |
| Measles | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Acute Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 27 | - | - | - | 41 |
| Malaria | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tick Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 22 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| TOTALS | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 55 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 183 |
Of the foregoing, the following cases normally resident outside the
district were notified from the Barnet General Hospital and the Victoria
Maternity Hospital:-
Acute Pneumonia 2; Meningococcal Infection 4; Acute Poliomyelitis
(Paralytic) 1; Dysentery 4; Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1; Puerperal Pyrexia 35 J
Malaria 1; Tick Typhus 1; Pood Poisoning 9; Erysipelas 1.
The number of notifications of infectious diseases received is well
below the average for the past few years.
Diphtheria is conspicuous by its absence from the list and it is to be
hoped that it will remain so. There is a danger that, with the decreased
incidence of the disease, parents of children will decide that the risk is