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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 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1916.

Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1916.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedTotal Cases Notified in each LocalityTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
At all Ages.At Ages — YearsWards
Under 11-55-1515 2525-4545-650ver 65NorthSouthEastWest
Small Pox.......................................
Cholera—Plague.......................................
Diphtheria126l6150122......15643611114
Erysipelas38l3669103519195...
Scarlet Fever53l163141......52419548
Typhus Fever6.........132...123...6
Enteric Fever
Relapsing Fever.......................................
Puerperal Fever1.........1.........1.........1
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1l...........................11
Poliomyelitis422..................31......
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1616..................13102...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, A&B88...61914311531927261622
C & D46......6161311...9141310
Other Forms of Tuberculosis, A & B4971018851...141615414
C & D5......32.........131...
Measles31834121138178......641061202810
Totals75163219271817239613527126382216