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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following table shows what has been done under this scheme :—
| Total number of cases treated | 192 |
| Number of first attendances for treatment | 157 |
| „ subsequent attendances for treatment | 412 |
| „ final "Schick" tests | 114 |
8. TUBERCULOSIS.
The following table shows the occupations of the 71 people who died from cancer during the year 1935:—
| Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmiths | 2 | Wives | 18 |
| Bookbinder | 1 | Spinsters | 2 |
| Brewer's Drayman | 1 | Widows | 13 |
| Bricklayers | 2 | ||
| Carpenter | 1 | ||
| Chairmaker | 1 | ||
| Chemical Worker | 1 | ||
| Civil Servant | 1 | ||
| Clerks | 2 | ||
| Coffee House Keeper | 1 | ||
| Cooper | 1 | ||
| Draper | 1 | ||
| House Decorator | 1 | ||
| Labourers | 12 | ||
| Master Farrier | 1 | ||
| No occupation | 4 | ||
| Porter (fish) | 1 | ||
| School Teacher | 1 | ||
| Tinsmith | 1 | ||
| Vehicle Washer | 1 | ||
| Warehouseman | 1 | ||
| 38 | 33 | ||
During the year, 132 notifications were received of all forms of Tuberculosis—
pulmonary 98 and non-pulmonary 34 and there were 3 deaths of un-notified cases
(pulmonary), making a total of 135 new cases during the year.
Information has been received of the removal into the district of 39 tuberculous
persons, included in number of notifications received. This compares with 26
received for the previous year.
Once again I want to call attention to the large number of inward transfers.
This is due in large part to the expansion and development of the district.