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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
Barking 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all ages. | Cases Notified in the Whole District. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwds. | No. of cases removed to hospital. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | |||||
| Small-pox | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 80 | 1 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 9 | - | 41 |
| Membraneous croup | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 134 | 2 | 34 | 87 | 10 | - | 1 | 92 |
| Enteric Fever | 68 | - | 8 | 37 | 9 | 14 | - | 35 |
| Diarrhœa in July Aug. and Sept. | 195 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 498 | 6 | 67 | 161 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 173 |
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1901.
| All ages. | Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| Measles | 16 | 3 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Membraneous Croup | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Croup | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Epidemic Influenza | 4 | 1 | - | - | I | 2 | - |
| Diarrhœa | 43 | 40 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Enteritis | 15 | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Other septic diseases | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phthisis | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Other tubercular diseases | 28 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | - |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 29 | 10 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 25 | 8 | - | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
| Pleurisy | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Other diseases of Respiratory-Organs | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Alcoholism, Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Premature Birth | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Heart diseases | 14 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Accidents | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Suicides | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| All other causes | 122 | 56 | 13 | - | 6 | 30 | 17 |
| All causes | 383 | 159 | 62 | 15 | 21 | 90 | 36 |