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Barking 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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85 for the preceding year. The case mortnlity from pneumonia
(all forms) was 45.4 per cent.
(i) Encephalitis Lethargica.—One case of encephalitis
was notified:
(ii) non-notifiable infectious diseases.
The most important of these are measles, whooping cough
and summer diarrhoea. There were no serious epidemics of these
diseases, and the deaths registered were as follows:—
Measles 1
Whooping Cough 13
Summer Diarrhoea 9
Measles ami Whooping Cough.—Cases amongst school
children are reported to the School Medical Officer by school
teachers, attendance officers and nurses, appropriate action being
taken as regards exclusion and supervision of contacts. Further
particulars of action taken will be found on page 10 of the
School Medical Officer's Report.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The following is the table of admissions, etc., in rcspect of infections diseases during 1925 :—
| Disease. | In Hospital January, 1st, 1924. | Admitted during the year. | Died. | charged | In Hospital Dec. 31st. 1924 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 58 | 1* | 54 | 10 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 70 | 2† | 50 | 15 |
| Pneumonia | _ | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 4 | — | 3 | 1‡ |
| Measles | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mumps | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
*Case diagnosed as Pneumonia. † One Case diagnosed as Scarlet Fever.
‡ Case diagnosed as Phthisis.