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Barnes 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 23.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1933 to 1943.
| Year. | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 72 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 147 | 132 | 77 | 56 | 84 | 52 | 36 | 39 | 21 | 34 | 184 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | # | # | # | # | # | # |
| „ Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis, P. | 30 | 42 | 21 | 39 | 28 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 43 |
| „ Non-P. | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | 50 | 551 | 7 | 517 | 101 | 387 | 8 | 79 | 63 | 712 | 111 |
| Rubella | 23 | 61 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 439 | 22 | * | * | * | * |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 35 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 20 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | (Not Notifiable) | 5 | 2 | 151 | 73 | 82 | |||||
* No longer notifiable.
Table 24.—Showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases Received during 1943 arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.
| Four-weekly period ending | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Typhoid Fever. | Paratyphoid Fever. | Pneumonia. | 1 Erysipelas | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Cerebro -spinal Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Whooping Cough | Dysentery. | Malaria. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30 | 1 | 5 | 39 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — |
| Feb. 27 | — | 7 | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Mar. 27 | 1 | 7 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| April 24 | — | 8 | 16 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| May 22 | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 25 | — | — | |
| June 19 | 1 | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — |
| July 17 | — | 19 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug. 14 | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Sept. 11 | — | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Oct. 9 | — | 26 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | — |
| Nov. 6 | — | 35 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Dec. 4 | — | 23 | _ | — | — | _ | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| Jan. 1 | — | 17 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | — |
| Totals | 3 | 184 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 82 | 2 | 1 |