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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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According to these figures the average period between the
notification of a case of Phthisis and the death of that case
would be somewhere between three and four years.
All the above deaths were not notified during the year,
though over 25 per cent. were.
The occupations were as follows
| Notifications. | Deaths | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar-maid | 1 | l | Docks | 2 | 9 |
| Park-keeper | 1 | 0 | Coalie | 1 | 0 |
| Hawker | 3 | 0 | Machinist | 1 | 0 |
| Shoemaker | 3 | 0 | Gas Labourer | 5 | 2 |
| Gasworker | 6 | 1 | Factory Foreman | 2 | 1 |
| Rubber | 2 | 0 | Porter | 2 | 1 |
| Glass-blower | 1 | 0 | Farrier | 1 | 0 |
| Housewife | 19 | 2 | Plumber | 1 | 0 |
| School | 5 | 0 | Stoker | 1 | 0 |
| Service | 4 | 0 | Chemical Works | 0 | 1 |
| Fields | 3 | 1 | Carman | 0 | 1 |
| Coffee Stall | 1 | 0 | Shopman | 0 | 1 |
| Laundry | 2 | 0 | Druggist | 0 | 1 |
| Clerk | 1 | 1 |
The kind of houses occupied was as follows:—
Three-roomed houses 5
Four-roomed „ 32
Five-roomed „ 15
Six-roomed „ 9
Seven-roomed „ 7
Common Lodging Houses 4
Not stated 32
Total 104