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Barnes 1954
[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 1954.
| Disease. | Barnes | London | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | 0.01 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.97 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.62 | 1.40 | 2.39 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | 0.04 |
| Erysipelas | 0.05 | — | 0.12 |
| Small-pox | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.12 | 2.23 | 3.33 |
| Pneumonia | 0.27 | 0.45 | 1.20 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Non-paralytic | — | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.20 |
| Dysentery | 1.87 | 1.28 | 0.72 |
Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1954.
| Diseases. | Tote! Cases Notified | Ages, in years. | Parish | Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths of Residents† | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 to2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 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 | 29 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 23 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 21 | 3 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Measles | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 13 | — | — |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 27 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 | — | 8 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningoccal Infection | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 75 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Para Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| All Diseases | 186 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 67 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 138 | 6 | 8 |
†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.