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Barnes 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1950.
| Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Ages, in years. | Parish | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths of Residents.† | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | l to 2. | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 6 | 0 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Barnes. | Mortlake. | ||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 27 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 9 | 15 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | l |
| Acute Encephalitis— post infs. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | l |
| Measles | 124 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 76 | 48 | 4 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 58 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 23 | 2 | — |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 56 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 34 | 37 | 19 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| All Diseases | 291 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 36 | 31 | 85 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 167 | 124 | 64 | 22 |
† 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.