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Barnes 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Table showing the number of cases of Diphthera notified and the incidence rate (cases per 1,000 of population), the number of cases and the percentage of cases removed to Hospital, and the number of deaths and the mortality-rate per 100 cases during the past 10 years:—
| Year. | Number of Cases Notified. | Number of cases removed to hospital | Number of Deaths. | Incidence Kate. Cases per 1,000 of Population. | Percentage Removed to Hospital. | Mortality Rate per 100 cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 67 | 43 | 2 | 2.01 | 64 % | 3.00 |
| 1914 | 56 | 40 | — | 1.61 | 71 | 0.00 |
| 1915 | 41 | 32 | 1 | 1.22 | 78 | 2.44 |
| 1916 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 1.06 | 74 | 2.94 |
| 1917 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0.86 | 96 | 3.57 |
| 1918 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 0.89 | 97 | 10.34 |
| 1919 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 1.27 | 90 | 9.52 |
| 1920 | 103 | 56 | 7 | 3.07 | 54 | 6.80 |
| 1921 | 90 | 77 | 1 | 2.88 | 84 | 1.10 |
| 1922 | 65 | 61 | 3 | 1.90 | 94 | 4.61 |
SCARLET FEVER.
Scarlet Fever was epidemic in the District at the commencement
of the year 1922. The severe epidemic which had occurred
in the last quarter of 1921 was then on the decline, and the number
of fresh cases continued to decrease through the first four months
of the year; there was a slight increase in prevalence of the disease
in May and June, and from then throughout the rest of the year
the cases notified markedly decreased in number.
The number of cases notified during the year was 100, nearly
three-quarters occurring during the first half of the year; 85 per
cent. of the cases were removed to Hospital In 15 of the cases
the home circumstances were such that effective isolation could be
carried out at the patients' homes, and these cases were not
removed.
The incidence-rate (cases per 1,000 of the population) was
2.93—that for England and Wales being 2.85 and for London 3.81.
Four deaths occurred, representing a mortality-rate per