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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TABLE III.
Monthly summary of notifications of infectious disease :—
Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal Fever. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Ophthal ma Neonatorum. | Enteric Fever. | Cerebro Spinai Menirjitis. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | 2 | - | 12 | 3 | — | 1 | - | - | 19 |
February | 1 | 4 | — | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
March | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 12 |
April | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 13 |
May | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | - | - | 1 | 12 |
J une | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | — | 8 |
July | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 | 11 |
August | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | 10 |
September | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | - | - | — | 14 |
October | 12 | 8 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | _ | - | 27 |
November | 3 | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | — | - | - | _ | 14 |
December | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | - | — | 23 |
Totals | 40 | 50 | 3 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 179 |