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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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T able ii.
cases of infectious disease notified during the year 1914.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number oF Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | North. | South. | East. | West. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 46 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 35 |
| Erysipelas | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 8 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 162 | - | 39 | 99 | 16 | 6 | 2 | — | 17 | 58 | 70 | 17 | 148 |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 229 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 39 | 87 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 48 | 77 | 71 | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 75 | 2 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 10 | — | 1 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 19 | — |
| Totals | 586 | 25 | 86 | 199 | 82 | 121 | 59 | 14 | 75 | 165 | 213 | 133 | 193 |