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Barnes 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1920.
| Notified Disease. | No. | Barnes. | Mortlake. | No. Removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Deaths in Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 69 | 30 | 39 | 57 | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 103 | 56 | 47 | 75 | 7 | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Encephalitis Leth | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 35 | 18 | 17 | 44* | 28† | 1‡ 11‡ |
| Other Tuberculosis | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 12 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Trench Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | _ |
| Influ. Pneumonia | 35 | 36 | 29 | — | 21 | — |
| Measles | 474 | 166 | 308 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Rubella | 96 | 33 | 63 | — | — | — |
*'Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—Admissions to Hospital include 10 local and
34 Surrey County Council patients.
† Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 28, Residents 17, County Patients
11.
‡Deaths in Hospital 12, Residents 1, County Patients 11.
Isolation Hospital—South Worple Way, Mortlake. S.W.
Tuberculosis Dispensary, Hospital Block and Shelters—South Worple
Way, Mortlake