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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Poor Law Relief.
Table showing diseases of patients receiving Poor Law Medical
Relief for 1912.
DISEASE. | Barnes. | Mortlake. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Ischio rectal Abscess | 1 | — | 1 |
Pul. Tuberculosis | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Skin Diseases | 7 | 16 | 23 |
Nervous System | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Digestive System | 4 | 11 | 15 |
Septic Diseases | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Tonsilitis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Injury | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | — | 1 | 1 |
Rheumatism | 8 | 17 | 25 |
Congenital Defects | — | 1 | 1 |
Urinary Diseases | — | 2 | 2 |
Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mental Diseases | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Gout | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Brain Diseases | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Eye Diseases | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Dental Diseases | — | 4 | 4 |
Pleurisy | — | 1 | 1 |
Neoplasms (Growths) | — | 3 | 3 |
Bronchitis | 18 | 52 | 70 |
Measles | — | 1 | 1 |
Bone Diseases | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Chicken-pox | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Diseases of Veins | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Heart Disease | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Whooping Cough | — | 3 | 3 |
Bursitis of Knee | — | 2 | 2 |
Senile Decay | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Alcoholism | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Kidney Diseases | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Influenza | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Pregnancy | 2 | 10 | 12 |
Uterine Diseases | — | 1 | 1 |
Anæmia | — | 4 | 4 |
Congenital Syphilis | — | 3 | 3 |
Rheumatoid Arthritis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Other Causes | 11 | 39 | 50 |
98 | 253 | 351 |
The chief diseases causing poverty, or the result of poverty, are
seen to be Bronchitis and Rheumatism.