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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Table shewing ages at which notified cases of Infectious Disease occurred during the year 1907:—
Disease, | All ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | Go and upward. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 127 | — | 32 | 79 | 11 | 5 | — |
Diphtheria | 51 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2 | — |
Enteric Fever | 28 | — | 3 | 13 | 3 | 9 | — |
Erysipelas | 21 | — | — | — | 5 | 13 | 3 |
Membranous Croup | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Totals | 234 | 1 | 63 | 112 | 23 | 32 | 3 |
Table shewing where the notified cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the year 1907 were treated:—
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Puerperal Fever. | . Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upney Hospital | [ 108 | 42 | 13 | — | 2 | — | 165 |
London „ | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
Middlesex „ | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
St. Barts. „ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Eastern „ | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
Home | 17 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 58 |
Totals | 127 | 51 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 234 |
The total number of notified cases during 1907 was 234,
as compared with 242 in 1906. This gives zymotic case rate
of 7.9 which is the lowest for which I have any record. The
zymotic death rate was 1.2 which is the lowest since