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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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T able 24.—N otifiable I nfectious D iseases, 1934 to 1944.
| Year. | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 29 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | 132 | 77 | 56 | 84 | 52 | 36 | 39 | 21 | 34 | 184 | 50 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | 2 | - | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| ,, Pyrexia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Continued Fever | - | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | - | - | -_ | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, P. | 42 | 21 | 39 | 28 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 50 |
| Non-P. | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 551 | 7 | 517 | 101 | 387 | 8 | 79 | 63 | 712 | 111 | 68 |
| Rubella | 61 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 439 | 22 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 36 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | Not Notifiable | - | 5 | 2 | 151 | 73 | 82 | 108 | ||
| * No longer notifiable. | |||||||||||
Table 25.—Showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases Received during 1944 arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.
| Four-weekly period ending | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Whooping Cough | Dysentery. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 29 | 2 | 12 | - | 3 | - | - | 10 | - |
| Feb. 26 | - | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | - |
| Mar. 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| April 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 13 | - |
| May 20 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| June 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| July15 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Aug. 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 | - | |
| Sept .9 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Oct. 7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Nov. 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Dec. 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 18 | - |
| Dec. 30 | — | — | 40 | 1 | — | — | 25 | — |
| Totals | 15 | 50 | 68 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 108 | 1 |