[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet].
- Friern Barnet (London, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- [1961?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1959. 1960.[/$$$] Measles 241 18 Pertussis (Whooping Cough) mm mm 31 Scarlet Fever 17 8 Pneumonia 18 10 Dysentery 14 39 Food Poisoning 4 1 Tuberculosis 8 11 Erysipelas 3 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum - 1 Total 305 120 From this table the following facts emerge:- Measles notifications dropped from 241 in 1959 to 18 in I960. This was to be expected, of course, as I960 was not a me isles year. Scarlet Fever notific tions also dropped from 70 in 1959 to 18 in I960. The type of scarlet fever met with was extremely mild, a fact to which I have made reference in several previous Annual Reports. No cases of diphtheria occurred in Friern Barnet during the year. The last death took place approximately thirteen years ago. The fact that small outbreaks of diphtheria are still occurring throughout the country, however, means that we must not relax our precautions in any way. This particularly applies to immunisation, which is now normally carried out by the triple method, i.e. diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus combined. The addition of tetanus vaccination is a welcome addition to our armamentarium. Thirty-one cases of pertussis were notified during 1960, as against nil in 1959. This was in some ways surprising, since the incidence of measles and pertussis usually run together. It must be remembered that vaccination against pertussis does -14-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19790922_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
