London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report tables

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barking 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

Published
1920
Pages
42
Tables
23

This page requires JavaScript

23 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    Rents. 15. Particulars of prevailing rents of the various types of working class houses in the district :—
    Type of House.Weekly Rent.Approximate Number in District.
  • Page 8
    Details of figures given in reply to question 2 (b):—
    Name.Place or Parish.Number of Houses.
  • Page 8
    Give particulars in Table below of unhealthy areas which require to be dealt with.
    Specify Area.Reference No. on Map (see Section V.)Acreage (approximate).Whether already officially represented as unhealthy.Number of Houses.Population (approximate).
  • Page 13
    O ccupants per R oom.
  • Page 15
    Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1919.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Ca6es NotifiedTotal Cases Notified in each LocalityTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
    At all AgesAt Ages — YearsWards
    Under 11-561516-2526-4546-65Over 65NorthSouthEastWest
  • Page 16
    As this must necessarily depend to some extent on the increased number of births, there seems little evidence to believe that venereal disease has materially increased as a result of demobilisation.
    Year.Births.Cases of Ophthalmia.
  • Page 17
    Measles. Barking.
    1916.Deaths.1917.Deaths.1918.Deaths1919.Deaths
  • Page 18
    The number of children under ten were approximately equal.
    Age.1916.1917.1918.1919.
  • Page 19
    Continued from previous page...
    Age.1916.1917.1918.1919.
  • Page 21
    Continued from previous page...
    1st WAVE. 1918.2nd WAVE. 1918.3rd WAVE. 1919.
    Week ending.Cases.Deaths.Week ending.Cases.Deaths.Week ending.Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 22
    From 1,000 enquiries the age distribution of attack was found to be as follows :—
    Age.No. of Enquiries.Attacked.Per 100.
  • Page 23
    The possible similarity in the epidemiology of Measles and Influenza is of interest, and the following points have been drawn up. The three waves are compared with the prevalence of Measles in 1916, 1917, and 1918.
    Measles12 days.
  • Page 27
    (2) The requirements for the various purposes are as follows :—
    Per 1,000 Population.Per 1,250 Beds.
  • Page 28
    Cost of Hospital per Patient.
  • Page 28
    The expenses on maternity work are as follows :—
  • Page 31
    The following table gives the figures for the year 1919:—
    1914.1919.
  • Page 32
    The following figures give some idea as to the reason of death other than its immediate cause. The last column gives the percentage dying in the first year.
  • Page 34
    Poor Law Administration. The figures are as follows :—
    1918.1919.
    Out-Relief, £2,375 2s. 8d.Out-Relief, £3,079 3s. Id.
  • Page 34
    Vaccination. The figures for the last three years are as follows :—
    1917.1918.1919.
  • Page 35
    I nfant M ortality during the Y ear 1919. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (all causes certified).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2 3 weeks.3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 m'nths6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 ninthsTotal Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 36
    Causes of Deaths.
    Causes of Death.Males.Females.
  • Page 37
    TABLE XV.—Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1919. (Provisional figures. Populations estimated to the middle of 1919 have been used for the purposes of this Table.)
    Birth Rate per 1,000 population.ANNUAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 CIVILIAN POPULATION.Rate per 1,000 Births.PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DEATHS.
  • Page -
    MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, UPNEY EXPENDITURE, Etc.
    DISEASE.189318941895189618971898189919001901190219031904190519061907190819091910191119121913191419151916191719181919