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Barking 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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57
SECTION 6.
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND
OTHER DISEASES.
44. NOTIFICATION TABLES.
The following table shows the number of notifications of infectious diseases
received during 1932:—

TABLE I.

Diseases.Males.Females.Total.Total cases removed to Hospital.Deaths.
Smallpox3255
Scarlet Fever88901781611
Diphtheria45571021015
Puerperal Septicaemia22
Puerperal Pyrexia771
Pneumonia:
Acute Influenzal636534149
Acute Primary ...5014
Following measles4415
Erysipelas1423376
Ophthalmia Neonatorum310131
Enteric Fever11617174
(including Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fever)— —
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis222
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis2133
Encephalitis Lethargica222
Chicken-pox251224475
Totals48248997131348