Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Infectious Disease.
Table shewing the distribution of the various notifiable Infectious diseases in the several Wards of the Town, for the year 1905.
Disease. | North. | South. | East. | West. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 15 | 22 | 41 | 20 | 98 |
Diphtheria | 10 | 22 | 57 | 27 | 116 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
Erysipelas | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Membranous Croup | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Small Pox | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
30 | 57 | 115 | 58 | 260 |
Table shewing ages at which notified cases of Infectious disease occurred during the year 1905 :
Disease. | all ages | under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 , | 25 to 65 | 65 and upward |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 98 | 2 | 35 | 54 | 6 | 1 | — |
Diphtheria | 116 | 2 | 42 | 58 | 9 | 5 | — |
Enteric Fever | 14 | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — |
Erysipelas | 27 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
Membranous Croup | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Small Pox | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
260 | 1 | 81 | 117 | 26 | 29 | 3 |
Table shewing where the notified cases of Infectious disease occurring in the year 1905 were treated.
Hospital | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas | Puerperal Fever | Membranous Croup | Small Pox | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upney | 76 | 91 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 172 |
Home | 21 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 1 | — | 81 |
London | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Dagenhar | n — | 1 | 1 | |||||
M.A.B. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
98 | 116 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 260 |