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BOROUGH OF BARNES.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1949
PREFACE
In accordance with Ministry of Health Circular 2/50, the Annual
Report for 1949 has been prepared on the same lines as previous years,
and consists of two parts—a preface in which reference is made to
items of special interest, and an appendix in which is tabulated the
statistics relating to the health of the district.
STAFF
With the exception of the appointment of Mr. J. M. Read to fill
a clerical vacancy, there was no alteration in the staff of the department
during 1949.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
Generally
During 1949 there was the usual two-yearly epidemic of Measles ;
also a number of cases of Poliomyelitis.
Apart from this, the incidence of infectious disease was low, and
there were no deaths of an infectious origin.
No cases of diphtheria were notified during the year.
Poliomyelitis
In the epidemic of Poliomyelitis during the year Barnes had
ten cases. Of these, six recovered completely with no residual paralysis.
Paralysis resulted in the other four cases ; three only slightly and one
more extensive.
Tuberculosis
The number of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis again shows
a reduction, this time by a fifth of the previous year's figures.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis was twenty-one compared
with nineteen the previous year.
The figures for non-pulmonary tuberculosis cases were also very
similar in number as for 1948.
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
There were no maternal deaths during the year.