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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The Occupation were as follows:-
| Notified | Deaths | Notifiol | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawker | 1 | 0 | Clerk | 4 | 1 |
| Barman | 1 | 0 | Colour mixer | 1 | 0 |
| Charwoman | 1 | 0 | Coffee stall holder | 1 | 0 |
| Labourer | 13 | 5 | 1nsurance agent | 1 | 0 |
| Gas labourer | 5 | 2 | Army | 1 | 1 |
| School children | 20 | Cobbler | 1 | 0 | |
| Housewife | 4 | Cleaner | 1 | 0 | |
| Sack repairer | 1 | 0 | Coalie | 1 | 0 |
| Service | 3 | 0 | Waiter | 1 | 0 |
| Waitress | 1 | 0 | Policeman | 1 | 0 |
| Factory hand | 5 | 1 | Sailor | 1 | 0 |
| Compositor | 1 | 0 |
As I have no information as to the number of individuals
following- the above occupations, it is impossible to say which
favour Phthisis and which do not.
The details of the work of the Assistant Medical Officer for
Tuberculosis for the year ending February igth, 1914, are as
follows :—
For Year ending February 19, 1914.
In all 39 persons have been referred to the Tuberculosis Dispensary
for advice and diagnosis ; of these 28 were insured (males
25, females 3), 11 were uninsured (males 4, females 7).
The areas affected were :—
Males: 21 Phthisis, 5 Phthisis and Tubercular Glands,
1 Tuberculosis of Knee, 1 Tuberculosis of Knee and Hip, 1 Tuberculosis
of Lungs and Larynx.
Females : 5 Tuberculosis of Lungs, 3 Tuberculosis of Lungs
and Glands, 2 no disease.