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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1st WAVE. 1918. | 2nd WAVE. 1918. | 3rd WAVE. 1919. | ||||||
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Week ending. | Cases. | Deaths. | Week ending. | Cases. | Deaths. | Week ending. | Cases. | Deaths. |
May 11 | 3 | - | Sept. 21 | 37 | - | Jan. 11 | 9 | - |
„ 18 | 9 | — | „ 28 | 99 | - | „ 18 | 9 | 1 |
„ 25 | 12 | — | Oct. 5 | 483 | — | „ 25 | 38 | 2 |
June 1 | 21 | — | „ 12 | 743 | 1 | Feb. 1 | 97 | 1 |
„ 8 | 36 | — | „ 19 | 3628 | 1 | 8 | 691 | 3 |
„ 15 | 53 | - | „ 26 | 3926 | 11 | „ 15 | 556 | 8 |
„ 22 | 91 | - | Nov. 2 | 2006 | 61 | 22 | 138 | 4 |
„ 29 | 124 | — | „ 9 | 582 | 48 | Mar. 1 | 38 | 2 |
July 6 | 115 | — | „ 16 | 211 | 26 | „ 8 | 15 | 3 |
„ 13 | 53 | 1 | „ 23 | 124 | 7 | „ 15 | 9 | 1 |
„ 20 | 33 | 1 | „ 30 | 37 | 6 | |||
„ 27 | 22 | - | Dec. 1 | 37 | 1 | |||
Aug. 3 | 14 | - | ||||||
10 | 9 | — | ||||||
„ 17 | 5 | - | ||||||
Totals | 600 | 2 | Totals | 11913 | 162 | Totals | 1600 | 25 |
Death Rate, Death Rate, Death Rate,
3 3 per 1,000. 13 59 per 1 000. 15 62 per 1,000.
Approximate number of severe attacks, estimated 4,000
Approximate number of mild attacks as indicated by
rise of temperature 13,000
Approximate number of attacks of Pneumonia and
Broncho-Pneumonia 450
Number of cases of Empyema 14
(7 operated on at Upney)
Number of deaths 189
Number of severe cases of Pneumonia attended by
District Nurses 45
(20 deaths)
Number of severe attacks admitted to Upney Hospital 70
(21 deaths)
Total number treated at Clinic 98
Approximate number of cases treated by Medical
Practitioners 3,000
These figures embrace the years 1918-19.