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Barking 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Officer for the district during the year. The administrative arrangements
for dealing with tuberculosis in the area include :—
(a) A dispensary used on two half-days per week,
(b) Garden shelters for suitable cases,
(c) Sanatorium accommodation for surgical tuberculosis,
(d) Sanatorium accommodation for suitable early pulmonary
cases, and in some instances the more advanced,
(e) Accommodation for a number of bedridden and advanced
cases at St. Joseph's Hospice, Hackney, and Liverpool
Road Hospital, Islington.
The number of notified cases on the register on December 31st,
1928, was 990, compared with 946 for the corresponding period of
the preceding year.
During the year, 93 notifications were received of all
forms of tuberculosis—pulmonary 67, and non-pulmonary 26.
Information was received of the removal into the district of four
tuberculous persons.
Forty-seven deaths of notified cases occurred.
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis notified and of deaths from the disease during 1928 is afforded by the following table :—
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Puhnonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male. | Female | Male | Female. | Male. | Female | Male. | Female. | |
| Under 1 year | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 5 years | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | ' — |
| 5 to 10 years | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 10 to 15 years | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 15 to 20 years | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 20 to 25 years | 3 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 25 to 35 years | 4 | 15 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| 35 to 45 years | 6 | 5 | — | — | 8 | — | — | |
| 45 to 55 years | 6 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 years | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 65 yrs. & upwards | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Totals | 30 | 37 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 2 | — |