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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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The cases Normally resident outside the district notified from the barnet General Hospital and Victoria Maternity Hospital, which are included in the table are as follows:-
| DISEASE | NOTIFIED | REMOVED TO HOSPITAL |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | Nil |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | Nil |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | Nil | Nil |
| Measles | 359 | 7 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 11 | 8 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | Nil | Nil |
| Acute Encephalitis | Nil | Nil |
| Dysentery | 30 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Nil | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 |
| Smallpox | Nil | Nil |
| Malaria | Nil | Nil |
| Typhoid and Enteric Fevers | Nil | Nil |
| Paratyphoid Fever | Nil | Nil |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | Nil | Nil |
| Scabies | 1 | Nil |
| Tuberculosis | 15 | 11 |
| TOTALS | 428 | 32 |
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 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Measles | 6 | 26 | 57 | 39 | 62 | 154 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 359 |
| Acute Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Meningococcal. Infection | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | – | – | 30 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 |
| Scabies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | 9 | 26 | 58 | 40 | 62 | 171 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 413 |
The Measles outbreak of 1960 continued for the first four months of
1961 when it came to an abrupt halt. There surely cannot now be many
children in the district who have not suffered this disease.
An outbreak of Sonnei Dysentery in a Junior Mixed and Infants School
in a neighbouring district was the cause of the high number of cases
resident in this district.
Another year has passed with no cases of Poliomyelitis notified in the
district. The Polio vaccination scheme is still in being and one hopes