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Barnet 1959
[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 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | — | — | — | 13 |
| Whooping Cough | — | 1 | - | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Measles | 9 | 30 | 46 | 44 | 54 | 192 | 18 | 2 | 1 | - | - | — | 396 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 38 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | — | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 1 | - | 1 | 16 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | — | — | - | - | 13 | 17 | - | - | - | 30 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| Erysipelas | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 7 |
| TOTALS | 14 | 34 | 45 | 59 | 212 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 519 | |
Of the foregoing, the following cases normally resident outside the district
were notified from the Barnet General Hospital and the Victoria Maternity Hospital.
Scarlet Fever 1; Measles 2; Dysentery 6; Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1; Puerperal
Pyrexia 28; Food Poisoning 5; Erysipelas 2.
FOOD POISONING.
Annual Return of Food Poisoning Notifications.
Food Poisoning Notifications (Corrected) Returned to Registrar General.
1 st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Total. Deaths.
1 1 5 3 10 Nil
Cases Otherwise Ascertained.
1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Total. Deaths.
Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Symptomless Excreters.
1 st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Total. Deaths.
Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil Nil
Fatal Cases.
1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Total. Deaths.
Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
This year the increased incidence of infectious disease is almost entirely
accounted for by the Measles outbreak which came on us in one of its regular cycles.
There was a heavy occurrence of acute Pneumonia in the first quarter of the year,
in fact the total for the year wa.s four times the annual average over the previous