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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For purposes of comparison of the incidence of notifiable diseases occurring in the District, a Table is given below of the cases notified during 1922 and during the previous 10 years.
Year. | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
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Diphtheria | 56 | 67 | 56 | 41 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 103 | 90 | 65 |
Scarlet Fever | 109 | 95 | 153 | 137 | 94 | 37 | 32 | 88 | 69 | 108 | 100 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 |
Erysipelas | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis, P. | 106 | 74 | 66 | 60 | 55 | 54 | 58 | 44 | 35 | 52 | 52 |
„ Non-P. | — | 28 | 22 | 9 | — | 14 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Cerebrospinal Fever | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | (Not Notifiable) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
Measles and Rubella | (Not Notifiable) | 429 | 743 | 620 | 159 | 570 | 44 | 590 | |||
Encephalitis Lethargica | (Not Notifiable) | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | ||||||
Polio encephalitis | „ | „ | „ | — | — | — | — | ||||
Malaria | „ | „ | „ | 18 | 12 | — | — | ||||
Dysentry | „ | „ | „ | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
Trench Fever | „ | „ | „ | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
Pneumonia | „ | „ | „ | 67 | 35 | 34 | 29 | ||||
Anthrax | „ | „ | „ | — | — | — | — |