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Barnes 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 8.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1943 to 1953.
| Year | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 184 | 50 | 36 | 43 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 42 | 21 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis. P. | 43 | 50 | 39 | 35 | 62 | 40 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 37 |
| „ Non-P. | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Ac. Encephalitis (Post Infections) | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | 8 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infect'n | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Measles | 111 | 68 | 358 | 177 | 437 | 158 | 588 | 124 | 541 | 249 | 306 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 9 | 71 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 29 | 21 | 27 |
| Whooping Cough | 82 | 108 | 71 | 66 | 94 | 56 | 15 | 58 | 82 | 19 | 136 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 |
Table 9.—Schools.
| N umber of Schools attended | Number of scholars who suffered from:— | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | ||
| County Primary Schools:— | 7 | ||
| Church of England, Mullins Path | 1 | - | |
| Castelnau Cty. Prim. (Fanny Road) | 1 | - | |
| Darell Road, Richmond—Nursery | 1 | - | |
| East Sheen Cty. Prim. | 4 | - | |
| Mortlake Cty.—Nursery | 1 | - | |
| Mortlake, R.C. | 1 | - | |
| Westfields | 1 | - | |
| Private Schools:— | 4 | ||
| Froebel School, Roehampton | 2 | - | |
| Gateways, East Sheen | 1 | - | |
| Old Vicarage, Richmond | 1 | - | |
| Tower House | 1 | - | |
| Total | 11 | 15 | - |