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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1957.
| Diseases | Total Cases Notified | Ages, in years | Parish | Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 37 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 20 | ||||||
| Measles | 606 | 9 | 36 | 59 | 66 | 51 | 362 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 771 | 335 | 4 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis—Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| „ Non-Paralytic | |||||||||||||||||
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | - |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis other f'rms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infect'n | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neonatorum | |||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 8 | |||||||
| 713 | 10 | 40 | 63 | 70 | 56 | 384 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 15 | 325 | 388 | 15 | ||