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Barnes 1964
[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 1964.
| Disease | Barnes | London (a.c.) | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 0.03 | 0.50 | 0.42 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
| Dysentery | 0.08 | 0.71 | 0.45 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis— | |||
| Paralytic | - | 0. 00 | 0.00 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
| Tuberculosis— | |||
| Respiratory | 0.31 | 0.43 | 0.34 |
| Others | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Table 9.— Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1964.
| 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 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 19 | 20 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 & over | Barnes | Mortlake | |||
| Dysentery | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| measles | 9 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (Acute) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis, Non-Para. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis, Pul. | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pul. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 36 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | |