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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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16 Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Table showing the distribution in age-groups of the cases notified during 1922, the number of cases removed to hospital, and the total numbers of deaths in the District from these diseases.
| 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 | 65 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 23 | 42 | 61 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 100 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 44 | 56 | 85 | 4 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | — | 25 | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | |
| Measles | 590 | 13 | 57 | 37 | 29 | 37 | 367 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 193 | 397 | — | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis: | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary | M. | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | — | 12 | 12 | — | 14 |
| F. | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 | — | 13 | |
| Total | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 30 | 23‡ | 27 | |
| (b) Non- Pulmonary | M. | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| F. | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | 3 | |
| All Diseases | ... | 856 | 18 | 62 | 42 | 33 | 42 | 444 | 94 | 30 | 19 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 294 | 562 | 171 | 96 |
‡ 23 Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients were removed to Institutions—14
to Sanatoriums and 9 to Barnes Isolation Hospital.
§ The deaths recorded in this column are the total corrected number of
deaths assignable to the District; in the case of Pneumonia and
Tuberculosis the deaths recorded are not necessarily deaths of
persons recorded as notified during the year.