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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE 111
Monthly summary of notifications of infectious disease :—
| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal Fever. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Enteric Fever. | Anterio Poliomyelitis | Puerperal Pyrexia | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 53 |
| February | 22 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 40 |
| March | 17 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | 50 |
| April | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| May | 15 | 4 | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | _ | — | — | — | 32 |
| June | 13 | 8 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 |
| July | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 |
| August | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 35 |
| September | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 28 |
| October | 10 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | _ | — | — | — | 39 |
| November | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 27 |
| December | 23 | 16 | — | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 58 |
| Totals | 184 | 77 | 8 | 111 | 30 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 461 |