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Barnes 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 8.—Certain Infectious Diseases : Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1961.
| Disease | Barnes | London (a.c.) | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.43 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.74 | 0.37 | 0.40 |
| Dysentery | 0.38 | 0.57 | 0.44 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | |||
| Paralytic | - | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.17 |
| Tuberculosis— | |||
| Respiratory | 0.44 | 0.74 | 0.42 |
| Others | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
Table 9. — Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1961.
| Diseases | Total Cases Notified | Ages, in years | Parish | Removed to Hosnital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year 1 | 1 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 | 65and over | Barnes | Mortlake | |||
| Dysentery | 15 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | 15 | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 654 | 13 | 52 | 84 | 87 | 100 | 297 | 16 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 303 | 351 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia (Acute) | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis, Non Para. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | - |
| Tuberculosis, Pul. | 17 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pul. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - |
| 748 | 14 | 54 | 87 | 100 | 103 | 303 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 350 | 398 | 18 | |