London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III.
Monthly summary of notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria received
during 1933:—
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| February | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| March | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| April | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| May | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| June | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 13 | 13 | 26 | |
| August | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| September | 27 | 8 | 35 |
| October | 60 | 10 | 70 |
| November | 60 | 20 | 80 |
| December | 33 | 30 | 63 |
| Totals | 297 | 135 | 432 |
3. NON-NOTIFIABLE ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) Measles, etc.—The most important of these are measles, whooping cough
and summer diarrhoea. Deaths registered were as follows :—
Measles 1
Whooping Cough 2
Summer Diarrhoea17
(b) Rheumatic Fever.—Rheumatic fever, as I have said previously, is a serious
problem in Barking.
(c) Influenza.—There were 21 deaths from influenza during the year 1933. This
contrasts unfavourably with 14 deaths in the year 1932.
I feel I must repeat that the general public look upon influenza far too lightly.
It is wrong for people to keep at work and otherwise to mix freely with other people
when they are likely to spread disease.