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Barnes 1955
[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 1955.
| Disease. | Barnes | London | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | - | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.05 | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.17 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.05 | 1.41 | 1.78 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | - | 0.10 |
| Small-pox | - | - | - |
| Measles | 12.17 | 14.8 | 15.60 |
| Pneumonia | 0.7 | 0.57 | 0.60 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | |||
| Paralytic | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.08 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.29 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.07 | - | - |
| Malaria | 0.02 | - |
Table 7.-Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1955.
| Diseases. | Total Cases Notified | Ages, in years. | Parish | Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths of Residents † | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 to 2 | 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 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Poliomyelitis - Paralytic | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | l | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | - |
| " Non-Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 489 | 7 | 29 | - | 125 | _ | 306 | 16 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 259 | 230 | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 4? | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | - | 29 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 31 | - | - |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | _ | 10 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | - | 1 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Pneumonia | 31 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 4 | - |
| Erysipelas | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infect'n | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Para Typhoid | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| All Diseases | 626 | 10 | 32 | - | 132 | 2 | 347 | 21 | - | 12 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 324 | 302 | 21 | 2 |
† 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.