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The death rate for tuberculosis (all forms) during 1931 was 0.87 per 1,000
population, compared with 0.82 for the previous year.
Of the 45 deaths from tuberculosis 4 had not been notilied to us before death—
i.e., 8.9 per cent. of the total deaths from tuberculosis.

It will be seen that in 1927 there were 946 persons on the Register. At that
time Barking had a population of approximately 40,000. At the end of 1931,
although the population was then estimated to be nearly 60,000, there were only
548 persons on the Register.
This means to say that four years ago the Register was entirely misleading.
There were many names on it which ought not to have been on it. The revision of
this Register has been a work of great interest to me, and I am sorry I was not able
to complete it before I gave up the clinical tuberculosis work in Barking.
(g) Enteric Fever.—Three cases of enteric fever were notified during the year,
all of which were removed to hospital.
In addition, there was a case of para typhoid, where the patient died and the
diagnosis was made on pathological findings after death.
(h) Puerperal Fever.—Three cases were notified during the year; two were
admitted to hospital and recovered.