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Barnes 1953

[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 1953.

Disease.BarnesLondonEngland and Wales
Typhoid Fever-0.010.00
Paratyphoid Fever-0.010.01
Meningococcal Infection-0.030.03
Scarlet Fever0.521.021.39
Whooping Cough3.393.303.58
Diphtheria--0.01
Erysipelas0.170.120.14
Small-pox---
Measles7.638.0912.36
Pneumonia0.670.730.84
Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis)
Paralytic0.070.070.07
Non-paralytic-0.030.04
Food Poisoning0.300.380.24
Puerperal Pyrexia0.0228.6118.23
Dysentery0.62--
Malaria0.05--

Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1953.

Diseases.Total Cases NotifiedAges, in years.ParishRemoved to HospitalTotal Daths of Residents†
Under 1 year1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and overBarnesMortlake
Diphtheria------------------
Scarlet Fever21---4-141--2---6154-
Poliomyelitis3---1-1---1----33-
Measles306716-75-19781-2---822246-
Whooping Cough136156-29-8031-2---361003-
Pul. Tuberculosis37------3271059111262711
Non-Pul. Tuberculosis3-------111---2121
Pneumonia27------3-6--135161125
Erysipelas7----1------3343--
Ophthalmia neonatorum------------------
Meningococcal Infect'n------------------
Puerperal Pyrexia1--------1----1---
Typhoid------------------
Dysentery25----11-6---71-1411--
Food Poisoning11------2---621471-
Para Typhoid------------------
Malaria2--------2----2-2-
All Diseases5792222-1091229226517181828101784015017

† 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.