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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 19-25, SECTION 62.
In no instance was it found necessary to take action under
this section to secure the compulsory removal to hospital of it
tuberculous person in an infective state.
As regards the occupations of notified cases during the year, the following table is of interest:—
| Retired Policemen | 1 | Milliners | 1 |
| Nophtha Distillers | 1 | Packers | 2 |
| Asbestos workers | 3 | Steel Erectors | 1 |
| Salesmen | 1 | Bricklayers | 1 |
| Machinist | 1 | Carpenters | 2 |
| School Children | 10 | Gatekeepers | 1 |
| Labourers | 8 | Clerks | 2 |
| Housewifery | 16 | Insurance Agents | 1 |
| "^op-lauys | ... 1 | Barmen | 1 |
| Typists | ...... 1 | Painters and Decorators | 1 |
| Factory hands ... | ...... 6 | Nil | 10 |
| Warehousemen |
The following figures indicate for the four quarters of the year the percentage attendances of cases per 10 ,000 population at the Tuberculosis Dispensary and of those admitted to sanatoria undo the County Council :—
| Attendances at Dispensary. | Admission to Sanatoria. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Kate per 10,000 population. | No. | Rate per 10,000 population. | |
| 1st Quarter | 425 | 110.5 | 15 | 3.9 |
| 2nd Quarter | 307 | 79.8 | 12 | 3.1 |
| 3nl Ouarter | 270 | 70.2 | 20 | 5.2 |
| 4th Quarter | 424 | 110.2 | 20 | 5.2 |
the average for the year being 92.6 and 4.3, compared with
100.9 and 4.92 for the preceding year, and 83.31 and 3.41
respectively for 1923.