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East Barnet 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]

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Table: TABLE OP POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OP INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1895, in the EAST BARNET VALLEY URBAN SANITARY DISTRICT. Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE OP POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OP INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1895, in the EAST BARNET VALLEY URBAN SANITARY DISTRICT. Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered BirthsNew Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the 'Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1895.
Fevers.Fevers.
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.
East Barnet51269350122 Males, 98 Females.Under 5....133.....................................................................
5 upwards....497.....................................................................
Chipping Barnet1347Under 5...............................................................................
5 upwards....41.....................................................................
Hadley, Monken1028Under 5....3........................................................................
5 upwards....7........................................................................
Brunswick Park...Under 5....1.............................................NIL.............
5 upwards....5.........................................................
South Mimms212Under 5................................................................
5 upwards................................................................
Cottage Hospital...Under 5...............................................................................
5 upwards...............................................................................
Workhouse...Under 5...............................................................................
5 upwards...............................................................................
Clockmaker's Asylum...Under 5...............................................................................
5 upwards...............................................................................
Totals77139350220Under 5....178.....................................................................
5 upwards....658.....................................................................

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State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the District—Yes. Since when ?—January 1st, 1890.
Besides the above Diseases, insert in the columns with blank headings the names of any that are notifiable in the District, and fill the
columns accordingly. State here the name of the Isolation Hospital used by the sick of the District. Mark (H) the Locality in which
such Hospital is situated ; and if not within the District, state where it is situated—Nowhere—there is not one.