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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 III
Monthly summary of notifications of infectious disease:—
| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal Fever. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Enteric Fever. | Anterio Poliomyelitis | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| February | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| March | 3 | 2 | — | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 21 |
| April | 5 | 4 | — | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 |
| May | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| June | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | o | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 39 |
| July | 19 | 9 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 36 |
| August | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 18 |
| September | 17 | 8 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 31 |
| October | 15 | 6 | — | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 33 |
| November | 16 | 2 | — | 9 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 37 |
| December | 15 | 6 | — | 13 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 37 |
| Totals | 135 | 55 | 3 | 75 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 328 |