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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The case rate is about the same for Notifiable Diseases, but the
death rate is higher on account of an increased mortality in
Epidemic Diarrhœa in the summer months. The deaths from
Notifiable Infectious Diseases numbered II, or a rate per
cent. of 4.4.
Out of the total number of notified cases 114 occurred in
children attending school or 46 per cent. against 45 per cent.
last year.
Scarlet Fever.
| Year. | No. of Cases | No. treated in Hospital. | Percentage treated in Hospital. | Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 of population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 67 | 51 | 76 | 1 | .04 |
| 1901 | 134 | 92 | 68 | 3 | .13 |
| 1902 | 96 | 82 | 85 | 0 | .00 |
| 1903 | 73 | 57 | 81 | 1 | .00 |
| 1904 | 94 | 71 | 75 | 3 | .1 |
| 1905 | 98 | 77 | 78.5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1906 | 136 | 110 | 80 | 4 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 127 | 110 | 86.6 | 1 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 145 | 114 | 78.6 | 0 | 0.00 |
The number of cases were more than the year before, indeed
more than in any year since 1900. On the other hand there were
no deaths to record either in or out of the Hospital.