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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE II.
| Notifiable Disease. | No. of cases notified at age groups. | Cases classified according to Wards. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 3 years. | 3 to 4 years. | 4 to 5 years. | 5 to 10 years. | 10 to 15 years. | 16 to 20 years. | 20 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 65 years. | Over 65 years. | Abbey. | Gascoigne. | Central. | Ripple. | Longbridge. | Westbury. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 67 | 20 | 5 | 6 | _ | _ | _ | 27 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 19 | 17 |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | I | — | — | 7 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Puerperal Septicaemia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia (primary, influenzal and following Measles) | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Enteric | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Anterio Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 25 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 101 | 32 | 11 | 28 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 77 | 63 | 42 | 59 | 45 | 42 |