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Barnes 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 23.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1932 to 1942.
| Year. | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 72 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 92 | 147 | 132 | 77 | 56 | 84 | 52 | 36 | 39 | 21 | |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | * | * | * | * | * |
| „ Pyrexia .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Tuberculosis, P. | 44 | 30 | 42 | 21 | 39 | 28 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 42 |
| Non-P. . . Cerebro-spinal Fever | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | 1 | , _ | |
| Measles | 790 | 50 | 551 | 7 | 517 | 101 | 387 | 8 | 79 | 63 | |
| Rubella | 8 | 23 | 61 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 439 | 22 | * | * | * |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | ||||||||||
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | |||||||||
| Malaria | |||||||||||
| Dysentery | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Pneumonia | 30 | 35 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 21 | |
| Anthrax | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough . . | —(Not Notifiable) | 5 | 2 | 151 | |||||||
No longer notifiable.
Table 24.—Showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases Received during 1942 arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.
| Four-weekly period ending | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Enteric Fever. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas | Pueperal Pyrexia. | Cerebrr-spinal Fever. | Polio-Myelitis | Whooping Cough | Dysentery. | Food Poisoning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | _ | 4 | _ | _ | _ | — | 2 | — | — |
| Feb. | 21 | 1 | 2 | 113 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| Mar. | 21 | — | 1 | 107 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | |
| April | 18 | — | 1 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| May | 16 | 1 | — | 28 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | |
| June | 13 | — | 4 | 37 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| July | 11 | 1 | 6 | 23 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | |
| Aug. | 8 | — | 1 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | |
| Sept. | 5 | — | 2 | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | |
| Oct. | 3 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct. | 31 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Nov. | 28 | 1 | 7 | 74 | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Dec. | 26 | — | 7 | 176 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| T otals | 6 | 34 | 712 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 2 | |