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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
1.Notification.
The following table shows the number of notifications of infectious diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during 1940;-
| D I S E A S E | Total | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 57 | 53 | - |
| Diphtheria | 42 | 42 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever (including Par a-Typhoid Fever) | 22 | 22 | - |
| Puerperal Fyrexia | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | |||
| Acute Influenzal ) | (- | ||
| Acute primary ) | 51 | 8 | (3 |
| Following Measles ) | ( 1) | (1) | |
| Erysipelas | 21 | 9 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 2 | - |
| Dysentry | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 131 | 3 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | - | " |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 17 | 5 | |
| TOTALS | 384 | 177 | 10 |
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2. Hospitalisation.
During the first half of the year 1940,
cases of infectious disease reauiring Hospitalisation were
sent to the Waltham Cross Isolation Hospital. This
arrangement was discontinued early in July 1940, and such
cases were from that time admitted to the I^ford Isolation
Hospital.
The following tables show the Barking cases
dealt with during the year at these two Hospitals.