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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 8.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1941 to 1951.
| Year. | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1546 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 13 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 34 | 184 | 50 | 36 | 43 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 27 | 17 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis. P. | 39 | 42 | 43 | 50 | 39 | 3S | 40 | 32 | 37 | 38 | |
| Non-P. | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Ac. Encephalitis (Post Infections) | 4 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 63 | 712 | 111 | 68 | 358 | 177 | 437 | 158 | 588 | 124 | 541 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 9 | 71 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | ||
| Pneumonia | 21 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 29 |
| Whooping Cough | 151 | 73 | 108 | 71 | 66 | 94 | 56 | 15 | 58 |
Table 9.—Schools.
| Number of Schools attended | Number of who suffered Scarlet Fever | scholars from:— Diphtheria | |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Primary Schools:— . | 6 | ||
| East Sheen Cty. Prim. | 3 | — | |
| Railway Side | 1 | — | |
| Mortlake Cty. Prim. | 2 | — | |
| Mortlake R.C. | 2 | — | |
| Sacred Heart, Roehampton | 2 | — | |
| St. Luke's, Sandycombe Road | 1 | — | |
| County Secondary Schools:— | 1 | ||
| East Sheen (Girls) | 1 | — | |
| County Grammar Schools:— | 1 | ||
| East Sheen Cty. (Boys) | 1 | — | |
| Private Schools | 3 | ||
| Kew Gardens (Kindergarten) | 1 | — | |
| Redcliffe Preparatory | 1 | — | |
| Froebel, Roehampton | 1 | ||
| Total | 11 | 16 | - |