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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(Rates per 1,000 population.)
Small Pox | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barking | — | 1.83 | 2.87 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 1.66 |
County of Essex | — | 1.81 | 2.12 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.49 |
Administrative County of London | 0.01 | 2.97 | 2.18 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.65 |
Barking (1912—1919). | ||||||
1919 | — | 1.83 | 2.87 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 1.66 |
1918 | — | 1.01 | 2.41 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.92 |
1917 | — | 1.42 | 2.87 | 0.43 | _ | 0.86 |
1916 | — | 1.56 | 3.71 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 1.12 |
1915 | — | 4.00 | 2.15 | 0.15 | _ | 1.39 |
1914 | — | 4.56 | 1.S0 | 0.24 | — | 1.33 |
1913 | — | 4.17 | 1.10 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 1.01 |
1912 | — | 3.00 | 1.09 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 1.37 |
Expenditure, &c.
Disease. | No. of Admissions | Deaths. |
---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 178 | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | 73 | 1 |
Small-Pox | _ | _ |
Enteric Fever | 3 | — |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 |
Continued Fever | — | — |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | — |
Ophthalmia | 1 | — |
Tuberculosis | 23 | 1 |
Diarrhoea | _ | _ |
Measles | 3 | — |
Poliomyelitis | _ | _ |
Maternity Cases | 173 | 1 |
Babies Born | 159 | 1 |
General Cases | 29 | 3 |
Totals | 644 | 19 |
Gross Cost | £7,18210 | 0 (approx.) |
Cost per patient treated | £113 | 0 |