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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(i) Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.—74 cases
were notified during 1928, compared with 111 for the preceding
year. Five patients were admitted to hospital.
(j Encephalitis Lethargica.—No cases were notified during the
year.
(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, a: d the deaths registered were as follows :—
Measles 13
Whooping Cough 6
Summer Diarrhoea 6
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 contacts.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The following is the table of admissions, etc., in respect of infectious diseases during
| Disease. | In Hospital January, 1st. 1028. | Admitted during the year. | Died. | Discharged | In Hospital Dec. 31st. 1928. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 230 | — | 222 | 28 |
| Diphtheria | 18 | 104 | — | 112 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Ant: Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | — | 5 | — | |
| Erysipelas | — | 4 | — | 4 | — |
| Miscellaneous | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Administrative Arrangements.—Under the Essex County Council
(the responsible authority for the treatment of tuberculosis), the
Medical Officer of Health of Barking continued as Tuberculosis