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 Barnes]
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Table 24.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1940.
Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Ages, in years. | Parish | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths of Residents. † | |||||||||||||
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Under 1 year | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Barnes | Mortlake. | ||||
Diphtheria | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | l | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 39 | — | 1 | 2 | — | l | 12 | 8 | 2 | l | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 13 | 26 | 35 | — |
Measles | 79 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 66 | 3 | — |
Enteric Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
Pul. Tuberculosis | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | — | 11 | 21 | 33 | 26 |
Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Pneumonia | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |
Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
All Diseases | 190 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 53 | 137 | 91 | 57 |
† The deaths recorded in this column are the total corrected number of
deaths assignable to the District, and are not necessarily deaths of persons
recorded as notified during the year.