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East Barnet Valley 1919
[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. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.