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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children Under Five Years or Age.
| Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup | FEVERS. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | | Injuries. | AH other Diseases. | TOTAL. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric or Typhoid. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||
| Under 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 99 | 193 | |||||
| 5 Upwards | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 95 | |
New cases of Infectious Sickness in each Locality, coming to the
knowledge of the medical officer of health.
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Puerperal. | Erysipelas. | Removed to Isolation Hospital. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | ||||||||
| Under 5 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 5 Upwards | 48 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 20 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Annual Death-Rates for 1,000 from all Causes, and from several Zymotic Diseases, during the year 1898.
| All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases (Cols. 3-9) | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cols. | 1. | 2 | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. |
| England and Wales | 17.6 | 2.22 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.96 | 161 |
| 33 Great Towns | 19.0 | 2.85 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.14 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.20 | 1.22 | 178 |
| 67 Other Large Towns | 17.2 | 2.41 | 0.05 | 0.41 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 1.09 | 173 |
| England and Wales less the 100 Towns | 16.7 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 018 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 0.75 | 145 |
| Barking | 160 | 3.55 | 0.00 | .4 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 2.65 | 178 |
Number of inquests, 20.