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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I'he age distribution was :—
Under 1 | 0 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 65 | over 65 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phthisis | 3 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 46 | 15 | 6 |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 4 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Deaths | |||||||
Rate per 1,000 |
If duplicates are excluded, out of 188, 118 were males and
70 females.
The institutions to which cases were sent were as follows :
Sanatoria, 8; Poor Law Institutions, 9; Municipal Hospitals, 10;
and General Hospitals, 1.
The kind of house occupied by those attacked was :—
2 Rooms 1
3 „ 2
4 ,, 52
5 ,, 17
6 and over 15
Deaths for 1912-13 :—
4 Rooms 18
5 ,, 5
6 and over 4
From this it would appear as if the disease, once having
declared itself, was not very materially modified by the kind of
house occupied, which is rather an unexpected result.
The occupations were as follows :—