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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1908.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Casts Notified in each locality. | Number of Cases removed to Hospitals from each locality. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65. | 65 and upw'ds. | Barnes. | Mortlake | Barnes. | Mortlake. | |||
| Small pox | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 29 | - | 8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 36 | — | 10 | 20 | 4 | 2 | — | 21 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phthisis | 2 | - | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | - | — |
| Cer. Sp. Fever | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | _ | 1 |
| Total | 77 | — | 19 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 39 | 23 | 26 | 49 |
| Isolation Hospital, Mortlake. Total available beds, 22. Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated, 2 or 3. | ||||||||||||