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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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The following table gives the nature of the ailments treated as the above. The number of children under school age was more than double that of the previous year, namely, 525, against 235. Those over school age show a corresponding increase:—
| Under School | Over School | |
|---|---|---|
| Age. | Age. | |
| Infectious Diseases | 16 | 4 |
| General Diseases | 31 | 20 |
| Skin Diseases (Non.Infectious) | 63 | 18 |
| Skin Diseases (Infectious) | 15 | 4 |
| Ear Diseases | 21 | 9 |
| Eye Diseases | 25 | 16 |
| Nose and Throat Diseases | 32 | 15 |
| Chest Diseases | 28 | 5 |
| Sores, &c. | 80 | 29 |
| Injuries | 45 | 37 |
| Deformities | 3 | — |
| Cyst, &c. | 2 | — |
| Digestive System | 84 | 8 |
| Circulative System | — | |
| Nervous System | 2 | — |
| Cleanliness | 1 | — |
| Diseases of Breast | — | |
| Tubercular (all forms) | 8 | 1 |
| Debility and Wasting | 28 | 4 |
| Ill.defined | 34 | 25 |
| Nothing the matter | 2 | 1 |
| 525 | 198 |