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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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TABLE III.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Loca ity. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 Barnes. | 2 Mortlake. | 1 Barnes. | 2 Mortlake. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 16. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65. | 65 and up'wrds | ||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 76 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 9 | 6 | - | 60 | 16 | 49 | 7 |
| Membranous croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 10 | - | - | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 29 | - | 7 | - | 4 | 2 | — | 23 | 6 | 13 | 5 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | --- | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Relapsing fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phthisis* | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | 134 | 1 | 24 | 59 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 98 | 36 | 64 | 14 |
* Notifiable voluntarily only.