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. Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each locality. | Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | |||||||||
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At all ages. | At ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
Under 1. | l.to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upw'ds. | Barnes. | M'rtl'ke | Barnes. | M'rtl'ke. | |||
Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — |
Cholera | — | - | — | - | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | - | 29 | 1 | - | 14 | 12 | 35 | |||||
Erysipelas | 16 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 49 | - | 10 | 31 | 6 | — | 19 | 38 | ||||
Typhus Fever | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | — | - | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Phthisis (1) Poor Law (2) Voluntary | 10 7 | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Totals | 125 | 1 | 19 | 61 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 71 | 54 | 47 | 38 | 85 |
Isolation Hospital, Mortlake. Total available beds, 40. Number of Diseases that can be concurrently
treated, 4.
Note.—One case of Scarlet Fever and the one of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis were treated in London Hospitals
Phthisis is treated in the Poor Law Infirmary at Richmond.