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Barnes 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Section VI.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The incidence of infectious diseases in the area is a
comparatively low one for an urban district in close proximity
to the County of London .
Particulars of the incidence and distribution of the cases of
infectious disease notified during the year 1926 are set out in
Table XVI in which the number of cases removed to hospital
and the number of deaths in the District from these diseases are
also shown. In table XV the seasonal prevalence during 1926
is shown.
The prevalence of the various notifiable infectious diseases
during 1926 is shown in Table XVII, which gives, for comparison,
the number notified during each of the previous 10 years.
| Four-weekly period ending | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Enteric Fever. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-pi:linonary Tuberculosis. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Poliomyelitis. | Puerperal Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30 | i | 3 | 106 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Feb. 27 | 2 | 14 | 188 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Mar. 27 | 2 | 8 | 177 | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
| April 24 | 1 | 9 | 83 | - | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | - | - |
| May 22 | — | 13 | 39 | - | 4 | — | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| June 19 | 2 | 5 | 20 | — | 3 | — | — | - | - | - | - |
| July 17 | — | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | — | — | - | — | - | l |
| Aug. 14 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 4 | — | — | - | — | - | - |
| Sept 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | - | — | - |
| Oct. 9 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | — | 1 | - | - | l | - |
| Nov. 6 | — | 2 | — | - | 4 | 1 | — | - | — | - | - |
| Dec. 4 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | - | - |
| „ 31 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 6 | — | - | — | — |
| Totals | 12 | 80 | 618 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 1 | l | 1 |