London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, UPNEY
EXPENDITURE, Etc.
| DISEASE. | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 23 (2) | — | — | 11 (2) | 56 (5) | 43 (6) | 10 | 32 (2) | 26 (1) | 16 (1) | 152 (17) | 118 (7) | 93 (10) | 57 | 42 (16) | 39 (11) | 40 (5) | 24 (7) | 18 (2, | 24 (2) | 32 (4) | 35 | 66 | 114 (4) | 85 (8) | 69.2) | 88 (9) |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 65 (2) | 28 (2) | 49 (1) | 30 | 55 | 32 (1) | 63 (1) | 102 | 95 (2) | 62 (2) | 78 (2) | 81 (3) | 110 (4) | 110 (1) | 114 | 162 (2) | 99 (2) | 106 (2) | 89 | 114 (1) | 148 (2) | 121 (4) | 48 | 34 | 22 | 49 |
| Small Pox | 12 | 44 (5) | — | — * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever. | — | — | — | 17(7) | 4 | 27 | 17(1) | 30 (5) | 15 (2) | 23 (5) | — | 2 (2) | 4 | • 1 | 22 (3) | 11 (3) | 7(1) | 6(2) | 42 (5) | 9(1) | 4 | 10 (2) | 4(1) | 6 | 12 (5) | 4 (2) | 5 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — • | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 13 | — | — | — | 3 | 3(1) | — | 29 | 36 | 37 (4) | 57 (1) | 8(5) |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | » | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 (6) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — , | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 30 (4) | 4(1) | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | V— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Maternity Cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37(1) 30(4) | |
| General Cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 (4) | 97 (3) | 62 (9) | 104 (27) | 75 |
| Totals | 38 (2) | 109 (7) | 28 (2) | 77 (10) | 90 (5) | 125 (6) | 59 (2) | 126 (8) | 143 (3) | 134 (8) | 214 (19) | 198 (11) | 179 (13) | 168 (4) | 192 (20) | 178 (14) | 209 (8) | 129 (11) | 166 (9) | 128 (3; | 153 (6) | 207 (10) | a 309 (9) | 313 (7) | 261 (30) | 261 (33) | 302 (19) |
| Gross Cost | 2213 0 7½ | 1514 14 9 | 665 9 1 | 1476 10 4 | 1502 0 5 | 1249 5 5 | 844 11 5 | 1182 7 10 | 1742 9 5 | 3161 7 6 | 3233 11 5 | 1481 15 0 | 1500 0 0 | 1502 0 7 | 1764 19 11 | 1428 2 7 | 1855 4 4 | 1387 18 6 | 1971 3 5 | 1622 12 10 | 2122 16 0 | 2576 3 6 | 2321 19 9 | 2574 8 11| | 3533 16 4 | 3516 12 115 | 5635 5 1 |
| Cost per Patient Treated £ | 58 0 0 | 13 18 0 | 23 15 0 | 19 13 0 | 16 14 0 | 10 0 0 | 14 7 0 | 9 8 0 | 12 4 0 | 23 2 0 | 17 9 0 | 7 10 0 | 8 8 0 | 8 18 0 | 9 19 0 | 8 4 0 | 8 17 0 | 10 15 0 | 11 17 0 | 12 13 0 | 13 17 0 | 12 9 0 | 7 10 0 | 8 4 0 | 13 11 0 | 13 10 0 | 18 13 0 |
Deaths in parentheses.