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Barking 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Comparative Figures Showing Prevalence of Infectious Diseases for the Year 1919.

(Rates per 1,000 population.)

Small PoxScarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverPuerperal FeverErysipelas
Barking1.832.870.150.091.66
County of Essex1.812.120.080.050.49
Administrative County of London0.012.972.180.080.070.65
Barking (1912—1919).
19191.832.870.150.091.66
19181.012.410.160.060.92
19171.422.870.43_0.86
19161.563.710.170.031.12
19154.002.150.15_1.39
19144.561.S00.241.33
19134.171.100.150.121.01
19123.001.090.320.061.37

Municipal Hospital, Upney.

Expenditure, &c.

Disease.No. of AdmissionsDeaths.
Diphtheria17811
Scarlet Fever731
Small-Pox__
Enteric Fever3
Erysipelas11
Continued Fever
Puerperal Fever1
Ophthalmia1
Tuberculosis231
Diarrhoea__
Measles3
Poliomyelitis__
Maternity Cases1731
Babies Born1591
General Cases293
Totals64419
Gross Cost£7,182100 (approx.)
Cost per patient treated£1130