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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Admissions of Cases (other than Notifiable Infectious Diseases) to the Isolation Hospital, Upney, Barking.
Nature of Ailment. | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |
---|---|---|---|
Rheumatism | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Bronchitis | 2 | ... | 2 |
Cardiac Diseases | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | ... |
Jaundice | 2 | ... | ... |
Debility | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Chorea | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 |
Fractures | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Ringworm | 1 | ... | ... |
Scalds | 2 | 1 | ... |
Mental Diseases | 1 | ... | ... |
Adenoids | 1 | ... | ... |
Tonsilitis | 3 | ... | 2 |
Enteritis and Gastritis | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Diarrhoea and Vomiting | 4(1) | 3 | 2 |
Marasmus | 3 | 18(2) | 7(1) |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 5 | 5(1) |
Influenza and Pneumonia | ... | ... | 49 (19) |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 19 | 25 (4) | 24 |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 16(1) | 9(2) | 8(1) |
Abscesses | 9 | 5 | 6 |
Conjuntivitis | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Totals | 88 (2) | 90 (9) | 129 (22) |
N.B.—Deaths in Brackets.