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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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FOOD POISONING.
Annual Return of Food Poisoning Notifications.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 2 | Nil |
| Cases Otherwise Ascertained. | |||||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Deaths. |
| 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil |
| Symptomless Excreters. | |||||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Deaths. |
| Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Fatal Cases. | |||||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total | Deaths. |
| Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
TUBERCULOSIS.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1960.
| YEARS OF AGE | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | N on-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | N on-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 25 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 45 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 65 and over | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 4 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
The number of new cases (8) is the lowest recorded since I took office
twenty years ago. The anti tuberculosis measures, mass radiography,
clinics etc. , are all playing a part in the scheme to reduce the incidence
of this disease. With improved housing conditions, better education,
antibiotics and the eradication of tuberculosis in bovine animals it would
seem possible now to bring about the defeat of tuberculosis in humans.
Cases removed for treatment are usually sent to Clare Hall Hospital,