London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
This page requires JavaScript
Tuberculosis Dispensary, Hospital Block and Shelters—South Worple
Way, Mortlake,
29
TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified vluring the year 1919.
| XouyiKD DISEASE | No. | Barnes | Mortlake. | No. Removed to Hospital. | Deaths | Deaths in Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 88 | 24 | 64 | 63 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 42 | 29 | 29 | 38 | 4 | I |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Encephalitis Leth | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 44 | 17 | 27 | 76* | 44* | 6t 18t |
| Other Tuberculosis | 12 | 3 | 9 | — | 2 | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 18 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — |
| Trench Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Influ. Pneumonia | 67 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 26 j | 3 |
| Measles | 84 | 43 | 41 | — | - | — |
| Rubella | 75 | 11 | 64 | — | — | — |
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—Admissions to Hospital include 18 local and
58 Surrey County Council patients.
fDeaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 44, Residents 26, County Patients
18.
JDeaths in Hospital 24, Residents 6, County Patients 18.
Isolation Hospital—South Worple Way, Mortlake. S.W.
29