Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
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2. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following are the Infectious Diseases cumpulsorily
notifiable in the District, and the number of cases notified during
1922 is given for each disease.
Diphtheria 65
Scarlet Fever 100
Enteric Fever —
Puerperal Fever 1
Erysipelas 6
Continued Fever —
Relapsing Fever —
Typhus Fever —
Small Pox —
Cholera —
Plague
Tuberculosis 62
Cerebro Spinal Fever —
Acute Poliomyelitis —
Opthalmia Neonatorum 3
Measles 590
Rubella —
Encephalitis Lethargica —
Acute Polioencephalitis —
Malaria —
Dysentery —
Trench Fever
Pneumonia 29
Anthrax —
Table showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases received during 1922 arranged in four-weekly periods:—
Four weekly period ending | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Measles. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Puerperal Fever |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 28 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | — | 42 | 3 | — | – |
February 28 | 8 | 13 | 2 | — | 114 | 9 | 1 | — | |
March 25 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 | 239 | 6 | 1 | — |
April 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 87 | 4 | 3 | — |
May 20 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | – | 48 | 5 | 1 | — |
June 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 6 | — | — |
July 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
August 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 7 | — | — |
September 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
October 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
November 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | — |
December 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
December 31 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | _ | — |
Totals | 65 | 100 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 590 | 52 | 10 | 1 |