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Barking 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Isolation Hospital.
The total number of Infectious cases removed to Hospital
during the year from the Barking district was 179, viz.—
Small Pox 1 treated at Dagenham.
Diphtheria 91
Membranous Croup 1
Scarlet Fever 77
Enteric Fever 9
179
In addition to these there were 8 cases of Scarlet Fever
admitted into Upney Hospital from outside districts.
This makes a total of 180 cases treated at Upney. The remainder
were treated in one or another of the London Hospitals.
The Diphtheria cases were for the most part severe, and the
death rate was higher than usual. I have divided the cases as
accurately as possible into severe, moderate and mild.
Severe 33
Moderate 35
Mild 15
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It is important to note that the earlier the case came under
treatment the more chance it had to recover.
Of those admitted on the first day of the disease, which only,
numbered 4, all recovered. Out of 45 admitted on the second day
there were again no deaths; but of those admitted on the third
day, numbering 21, 6 died, and on the fourth day, 3. One case,
which was not infected, also died. All cases, except one, were injected
with Diphtheria Anti-toxin. The death rate per cent of the