London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
This page requires JavaScript
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1920.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages — Years | Wards | |||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-5 | 615 | 16-25 | 26-45 | 46-65 | Over 65 | North | South | East | West | |||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 81 | 16 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | ... | 18 | 24 | 32 | 7 | 73 | |
| Diphtheria | 183 | 2 | 57 | 82 | 28 | 11 | 3 | ... | 26 | 75 | 67 | 15 | 178 |
| Erysipelas | 50 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis, A & B | 71 | ... | 6 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 9 | ... | 16 | 33 | 16 | 6 | ... |
| C&D | 43 | ... | ... | 8 | 20 | 4 | 11 | ... | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 23 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis, A & B | 45 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | ... |
| C & D | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 73 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 10 | ... | 14 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 7 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 612 | 43 | 108 | 216 | 96 | 72 | 61 | 16 | 108 | 226 | 218 | 60 | 286 |