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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 24.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1946.
| Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Ages, in years. | Parish | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths of Residents.† | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under lyear | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 16 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35 | 35 o 46. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Barnes | Mortlake. | ||||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | - | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 22 | 37 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2, | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Measles | 177 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | - | - | 92 | 85 | 18 | — |
| Dysentery | 71 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 56 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 71 | 16 | — |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 11 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | — |
| Pneumonia | 19 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — |
| Ophthalmia neonator'm | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 66 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | 52 | 16 | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| All Diseases | 433 | 18 | 30 | 49 | 44 | 31 | 160 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 162 | 271 | 148 | 32 |
†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.