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Barking 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE III.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 | 24 | 54 |
| February | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| March | 9 | 38 | 47 |
| April | 18 | 31 | 49 |
| May | 16 | 24 | 40 |
| June | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| July | 10 | 31 | 41 |
| August | 11 | 26 | 37 |
| September | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| October | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| November | 12 | 47 | 59 |
| December | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| Totals | 178 | 358 | 536 |
44. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) Diphtheria.—358 cases were notified, compared with 95
the preceding year. Of cases notified, 337 were removed and treated
in the local isolation hospital. 13 deaths from diphtheria occurred.
The average stay of clinical diphtheria in hospital was 48 days, the
longest stay being 253 and the shortest 7 days.
Sex.—165 cases were male and 193 female.
To a certain extent this number is explained by the activity
of general practitioners and of your own officers, who have been
at great pains to try to round up every possible case of diphtheria,
but after allowing for this, it must be admitted with regret that
the year has been a bad one from the standpoint of the incidence
of diphtheria.