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Barnes 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 6.—Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1952.
| Disease. | Barnes. | London. | England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | — | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.00 | 1.56 | 1.53 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.47 | 1.66 | 2.61 |
| Diphtheria | — | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Erysipelas | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Small-pox | — | — | 0.00 |
| Measles | 6.16 | 9.23 | 8.86 |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.72 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.10 | 30.77* | 17.87* |
| Dysentery | 0.27 | — | — |
*Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1952.
| Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Ages, in years. | Parish | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths ofResidents. † | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | l to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 6. | 5 to 11. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 .o 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Barnes. | Mortlake. | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 42 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 27 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 23 | 19 | 14 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 8 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis— post infs. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 749 | 6 | 20 | - | 52 | - | 153 | 13 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 137 | 112 | 3 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | - | - |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 18 | - | 11 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 15 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infect'n | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | l1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| All Diseases | 410 | 6 | 23 | - | 68 | 4 | 191 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 213 | 197 | 26 | 13 |
†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.