Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1919. EAST BARNET VALLEY URBAN DISTRICT.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Total Cases removed to Hosp'I. | ||||||||||
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At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | n 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1.—East Barnet. | 2.—Barnet Vale. | 3.—Monken Hadley. | 4.—Brunswick Park. | ||
Small Pox | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 31 | ...... | 8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | ...... | ...... | 27 | 3 | ...... | 1 | 24 |
Erysipelas | 3 | ...... | ...... | 2 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 2 | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 16 | ...... | 3 | 11 | 2 | ...... | ...... | ...... | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
Typhus Fever | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Enteric Fever | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Fever Relapsing (R) Continued (C) | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Puerperal Fever | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 18 | ...... | ...... | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ...... |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | 2 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Chicken Pox | 52 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | 13 | 23 | 1 | 15 | ...... |
*Pneumonia | 15 | ...... | 1 | ...... | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ...... | 3 | ...... |
Polioencephalitis | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Trench Fever | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Dysentry | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Malaria | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Measles | 84 | ...... | 12 | 62 | 8 | 2 | ...... | ...... | 27 | 55 | 1 | 1 | ...... |
German Measles | 28 | ...... | 6 | 10 | 11 | 1 | ...... | ...... | 6 | 19 | ...... | 3 | ...... |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 3 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... |
Totals | 254 | 2 | 46 | 144 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 105 | 111 | 7 | 31 | 40 |
Isolation Hospital. —Barnet Isolation Hospital, Mays Lane, Barnet. Total available beds 16;
number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated, 3.
*Nearly all the cases of Pneumonia were preceded by Influenza.