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Barking 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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TABLE III.

Monthly summary of notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria received during 1938:—

Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaTotal.
January211233
February151833
March291140
April151429
May152136
June181533
July16824
August15318
September201131
October30737
November302555
December391958
Totals263164427

(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
Whooping Cough2
Summer Diarrhoea6
Chicken-pox