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Barking 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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SECTION 3.

NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

The following table shows the number of notifications of infectious disease received during 1926:—

TABLE I.

MalesFemales.TotalTotal cases rem'd to Hos.Deaths.
Scarlet Fever6174135121*
Diphtheria253055522
Puerperal Septicemia332†
Pneumonia (Acute primary and influenzal & following Measles)472875827 (All Forms)
Erysipelas11263722
Ophthalmia Neonatorum97162‡
Puerperal Pyrexia11
Enteric12321
Cerebro Spinal Fever111
Anterio Poliomyelitis22
Totals1561,232818933

* Includes 6 cases removed to Ilford Isolation Hospital,
† Includes case of woman confined in Maternity Ward of Hospital.
‡ Includes 1 case removed to St. Margaret's M.A.B. Hospital.