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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 1917.

Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1917.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Oases NotifiedTotal Cases Notified in each LocalityTotal Case Removed to Hospital
At all AgesAt Ages — YearsWards
Under 11-55-1516-2526-4546-65Over 65NorthSouthEastWest
Small Pox.......................................
Cholera—Plague.......................................
Diphtheria9323940831...1248191485
Erysipelas27115349453154...
Scarlet Fever4611727...1......22319234
Typhus Fever3...1741......642112
Enteric Fever
Relapsing Fever.......................................
Puerperal Fever.......................................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.......................................
Poliomyelitis1......1..................1...1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum88..................2...6......
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, A&B10912423132818...1841371326
C & D64...16192315...62725611
Other forms of Tubercolosis, A&B53...1521665...728135...
C & D8...314............53......
Measles924616122321261...1823363198730
Totals1,346747133636969496240515459132199