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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: The dispensary was opened in April, and the following figures deal with the last nine months of the year: —

The dispensary was opened in April, and the following figures deal with the last nine months of the year: —

Insured.Uninsured.
Patients treated at the Dispensary5653
Total,109
Discharged during the nine months: —
With working capacity restored6
Worse and ordered Dom. Treatment ...12
Sent to Sanatoria12
Left District7
Domiciliary Visits paid by Tuberculosis Officer53
Domiciliary Visits paid by Nurse ...317

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Deaths from Tuberculosis.—There were 55 deaths
certified as due to some form of Tuberculosis, as against 28. 40,
30, 35, and 69 in the previous five years, the rates being 1.03,
0.86, 115, 0.81, and 1.9 respectively.

Table: The details are as follows: —

The details are as follows: —

1914.1913.1912.
Phthisis. 485028
Tubercular Meningitis. 6131
Other Tubercular Diseases166