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Barking 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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No. of Deaths were as follows —
Scarlet Fever nil.
Enteric ,, 1
Diphtheria and Croup 6
The anti-Toxin treatment of Diphtheria has been adopted as the
routine treatment in all cases of Diphtheria admitted.
I amconvinced that both from clinical observation and the statistics
given, that, in it we have a remedy of the greatest efficacy in dealing
with this disease.
Lastly,—I am glad to be able to testify to the courtesy I have
received from the various officers of this Council and other Authorities,
in compiling these returns, without which, I should have been
unable to arrive at many of the results given in the foregoing Report.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
C. F. FENTON.
March, 1899

Table: Table ofDEATHSduring the year1898,in the Balking Town Urban District, Classified according toDiseases. Ages,andLocalities.

Table ofDEATHSduring the year1898,in the Balking Town Urban District, Classified according toDiseases. Ages,andLocalities.

At all ages288Under 1 year1291 and under 5645 and under 151315 and under 25625 and under 65j 63
65 and upwards23