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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 7.— Certain Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1958.
| Disease | Barnes | London (a.c.) | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 0.25 | 0.84 | 0.86 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 1.2 | 0.54 | 0.49 |
| Dysentery | 0.76 | 1.4 | 0.84 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | |||
| Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.4 | 0.19 |
| Tuberculosis— | |||
| Respiratory | 0.07 | 0.97 | 0.59 |
| Others | - | 0.09 | 0.07 |
Table 8. — Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1958.
| 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 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - |
| Measles | 136 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 69 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 26 | 110 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis—Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| „ Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 13 | - | |||
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis other f'rms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infect'n | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Pneumonia | 47 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 7 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 239 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 78 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 80 | 159 | 14 | |