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Barnes 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Section VI.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Particulars of the incidence and distribution of the cases of
infectious disease notified during the year 1939 are set out in Table
XI in the Appendix in which the number of cases removed to
hospital and the number of deaths in the district from these diseases
are also given.
The prevalence of the various notifiable infectious diseases during
1939 is shown in Table 5 which gives for comparison the number
notified during each of the previous 10 years. In Table 4 the
seasonal prevalence during 1939 is shown.
Table 4.—Showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases Received during 1939 arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.
| Four-weekly period ending | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Rubella. | Enteric Fever. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Cerebrc-spinal Fever. | Dysentery, | Whooping Cough | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 28 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | _ | ||
| Feb. 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | * | |
| Mar. 25 | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | * | |
| April 22 | — | 10 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | * | |
| May 20 | — | 4 | - | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | * | |
| June 17 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | * | |
| July 15 | — | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | * | |
| Aug. 12 | - | 3 | - | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | * | |
| Sept. 9 | - | 2 | - | 2 | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | * | |
| Oct. 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | |||
| Nov. 4 | - | 3 | - | * | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dec. 2 | 1 | 1 | - | * | — | 2 | - | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Dec. 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | * | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 4 | 36 | 8 | 22 | .1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
* Not notifiable.