Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
Table 33.—Admissions and Deaths.
Residents | Nonresidents | Non-civilians. | TOTALS. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Admitted. | t- Died. | Admit ted. | Died. | Admit ted. | Died. | Admit ted. | Died. | |||
Diphtheria | 8 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | |||
7 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 8 | — | |||
— | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
Scarlet Fever | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | — | ||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | |||
Scarlet Fever and Chickenpox | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | ||
Measles | 17 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 19 | — | ||
Measles and Broncho-pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | — | ||
- | — | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
Rubella | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||
Whooping Cough | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | ||
Whooping Cough and Bronchopneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
Chickenpox | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
Broncho-pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | ||
3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | — | |||
1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |||
Dysentery Sonne | 4 | — | - | — | 3 | — | 7 | — | ||
3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | |||
Suspected Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
Laryngitis, Catarrhal | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
— | — | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
112 | 3 | 2 | — | 13 | 127 | 3 |
General.
During 1945, 12 patients suffering from diphtheria were treated in
the hospital. The incidence was once again considerably more marked
among adolescents and adults than among children and the older persons
who contracted the disease were severely affected.