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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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2. NOTIFICATION TABLES.
The following table shows the number of notifications of infectious diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during 1933:—
TABLE I.
| Disease. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 148 | 149 | 297 | 278 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 71 | 135 | 129 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| Pneumonia : | |||||
| Acute Influenzal | 60 | 35 | 42 | 25 | 10 |
| Acute Primary | 52 | 4 | |||
| Following Measles | 1 | - | |||
| Erysipelas | 19 | 19 | 38 | 15 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | 14 | — | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chicken-pox | 287 | 292 | 579 | — | — |
| Totals | 590 | 598 | 1,188 | 463 22 | |