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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 1959
[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 1959.
| Disease | Barnes | London (a c.) | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 0.23 | 0.82 | 1.05 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 1.57 | 0.6 | 0.59 |
| Dysentery | 0.13 | 1.11 | 0.78 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | |||
| Paralytic | - | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.03 | 0.63 | 0.22 |
| Tuberculosis— | |||
| Respiratory | 0.48 | 0.88 | 0.54 |
| Others | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
Table 8. — Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1959.
| Diseases | Total Cases Notified | Ages, in years | Parish | Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | I to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 9 | |10 to 14 | 15 to 19 | 20 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 and over | Barnes | Mortlake | |||
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2. |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | - | - | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | – | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Measles | 433 | 8 | 44 | 46 | 53 | 52 | 211 | 11 | 5 | – | 3 | — | - | - | 166 | 267 | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis—Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| „ Non-Paralytic | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 14 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis other f'rms | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal Infect'n | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | – | - | - |
| Acute Pneumonia | 61 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 34 | 27 | 5 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 535 | 10 | 44 | 47 55 | 58 | 223 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 221 | 314 | 27 | ||