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Barking 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(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 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Summer Diarrhœa | 15 |
Measles and 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 contracts.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The following is the table of admissions, etc., in respect of infectious diseases during 1926:—
| Disease. | in Hospital January. 1st, 1926. | Admitted during the year. | Died. | Discharged | In Hospital Dec. 31st. 1926. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 115 | — | 115 | 10 |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 52* | 2 | 60 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | — | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1‡ | 21 | — | 3 | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mumps | — | — | — | — | — |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
* I death certified due to Tb. Broncho Pneumonia,
† I case transferred from Maternity Ward,
‡ Case diagnosed as Phthisis.