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Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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All of these cases were treated in hospital, two of them
being admitted to the Barking Hospital. All the
cases recovered satisfactorily. It will be remembered
that during 1938 there was a marked incidence of
acute anterior poliomyelitis in districts close to Barking,
notably the Braintree and the Waltham Abbey areas.
(2) NOTIFICATION TABLES.
The following table shows the number of notifications
of infectious diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received
during 1938:—
TABLE I.
| Disease. | Males. | Females | Total. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 130 | 133 | 263 | 245 | — |
| Diphtheria | 78 | 86 | 164 | 162 | 14 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid Fever) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 24 | 24 | 23 | — |
| Pneumonia : | |||||
| Acute Influenzal | 99 | 69 | 18 | 100 | — |
| Acute Primary | 91 | 18 | |||
| Following Measles | 49 | — | |||
| Erysipelas | 20 | 25 | 45 | 24 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Dysentry | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | — |
| Totals | 344 | 361 | 705 | 573 | 36 |