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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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| Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Ages, in years. | Parish. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths of Residents. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||
| Diphtheria | 12 | — | — | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 10 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 80 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 37 | 43 | 71 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 26 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | - | 8 | 18 | - | 14 |
| Pul. Tuberculosis | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 30 | *47 | 16 |
| Non-Pul. Tuberculosis | 6 | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | — | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | — | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | — |
| Ophth. Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | - | - | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ant. Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | — | - | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | - | — |
| Measles | 618 | 17 | 29 37 | 51 | 50 | 310 | 70 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | - | — | 172 | 446 | - | 3 | |
| Rubella | 216 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 91 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | 47 | 169 | - | - |
| All Diseases | 1017 | 22 | 35 | 44 | 62 | 66 | 452 | 142 | 63 | 36 | 37 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 298 | 719 | 127 | 34 |
*Three of these 47 tuberculous patients were admitted to the Isolation
Hospital, Mortlake; the remaining 44 were admitted to the other institutions
outside the District, viz., 28 to Sanatoria, 5 to Poor-law Institutions and 11 to
other Hospitals for advanced cases.
†The deaths recorded in this column are the total corrected number of
deaths assignable to the District, and arc not necessarily deaths of persons
recorded as notified during the year.