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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REPORT FOR THE HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR 1922.
Patients admitted: —
Diphtheria—52, including 6 deaths from Cardiac failure, and 3
tracheotomies (all recovered).
Scarlet Fever—49, including 1 death (mentally defective). Three
return cases of Scarlet Fever.
Measles—5.
Phthisis—5 including 1 death.
Pneumonia—4 including 2 deaths.
General sickness—10 including 2 operations.
One secondary rise of temperature—Scarlet fever, nursed in the
Ward.
One secondary rise of temperature—Diphtheria, nursed in the
Ward.
No secondary rises of temperature of cases nursed in the cubicles.
Duration of stay in hospital compared with previous years: —
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |
---|---|---|
Year. | Days. | Days. |
1922 | 37.6 | 29.9 |
1921 | 36.83 | 30.65 |
1914 | 37.26 | 25.0 |
1913 | 37.1 | 19.5 |
1912 | 39.5 | 41.2 |
1911 | 52.44 | 40.0 |