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Barking 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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The following figures, kindly supplied by the County Medical Officer of Health, indicate for the four quarters of the year the percentage attendances of cases per 10.COO of population at ihe Tuberculosis Dispensary and of those admitted to sanatoria under the County Council :—

Attendances at Dispensary.Admission to Sanatoria.
No.Rate per 10,000 population.No.Rate per 10,000 population.
1st quarter389109.50267.32
2nd quarter396111.40185.00
3rd quarter23064.75123.38
4th quarter419117.95143.94

the average for the vear being' 100.f) and 4.Pi' compared with
83.31 and 3.14 respectively for 1923. In the former instance,
tlie highest corresponding- clistrict figure within the administrative
County of Kssex during 1921. counted on the same basis, was
103.64, whilst in the latter no district exceeded that of Barking.
The proportion of sanatoria admissions to eases notified was
72.1 per cent.
Oniv two cases on Form B were notified by the School
Medical Officer, explained by the fact that practically all suspicious
cases are sent for further examination by the Tuberculosis
Officer before actual notification.