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Barnes 1940
[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. † | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.