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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following table shows the ages of the persons who died from cancer and the organs affected:—
| Organ. | Under 1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-25 years. | 25-45 years. | 45-65 years. | Over 65 years. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Abdomen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bile Duct | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Bladder | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Bowel | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Caecum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Chest | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cervix | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Colon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Disseminated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Kidney | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| Lungs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Oesophagus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Ovary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pancreas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Peritoneum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Pleura | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 6 | - |
| Rectum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Thyroid Gland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Uterus | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Totals | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 45 | 41 |
7. PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
Blindness is being prevented in Barking; it is being prevented by the
co-operation of the whole of the services.
During the year Circular 1621 was received from the Ministry of Health,
dealing with the Prevention of Blindness. The recommendations and observations
of this Circular were carefully considered by you, in conjunction with the new powers
given to you by the Public Health Act, 1936—Scction 176, which gives added powers
in connection with the arrangements for the prevention of blindness.
One of the items dealt with by the Circular was the treatment of ophthalmia
neonatorum, and in this connection all local general medical practitioners were
reminded that you were willing to take babies who were suffering from ophthalmia
neonatorum, together with their mothers, into the Barking Hospital, where they
would be under the care of your Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon.