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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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51—52
TABLE II.
| Notifiable Disease. | No. of cases notified at age groups. | Cases classified according to Wards. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 3 years. | 3 to 4 years. | 4 to 5 years. | 5 to 10 years. | 10 to 15 years. | 15 to 20 years. | 20 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 65 years. | Over 65 years. | Abbey. | Gascoigne. | Central. | Ripple. | Longbridge. | Westbury. | |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 119 | 56 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | 44 | 28 | 23 | 60 | 58 | 64 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 19 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
| Puerperal Septicaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (primary, influenzal and following Measles) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 12 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | I |
| Enteric Fever | _ | _ | __ | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Anterio Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 23 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 32 | 172 | 72 | 39 | 53 | 29 | 40 | 9 | 88 | 90 | 59 | 103 | 112 | 95 |