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Barnes 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 6. — Certain Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1956.
| Disease | Barnes | London | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 0.20 | 0.67 | 0.74 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.57 |
| Dysentery | 0.09 | 1.95 | 1.10 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | |||
| Paralytic | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0 04 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0 03 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 0.40 | 0-24 |
| Tuberculosis— | |||
| Respiratory | 1.17 | 1.11 | 0-71 |
| Others | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.09 |
Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1956.
| 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 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis—Paralytic | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - |
| „ Non-Paralytic | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Measles | 16 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 4 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | - |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | - | 4 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Acute Pneumonia | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infect'n | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 104 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 44 | 60 | 14 | 4 | |
† 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.