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Barking 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(3) PARATYPHOID FEVER.
Below I give a table showing the number of cases of Paratyphoid Fever which have occurred in Barking over a period of six years
| Year | No. of cases notified. | Admitted to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 5 | 5 |
| 1936 | 6 | |
| 1937 | 17 | 17 |
| 1938 | ||
| 1939 | 2 | 2 |
| 1940 | 22 | 22 |
In common with adjoining districts there was a minor
outbreak of Faratyphoid Fever. Investigations were
directed to the consumption of bread and cakes which were
drawn from a supply common to notified cases.
It, was found that patients in other districts had also
consumed food from the same source. No final decision
however, was obtained as to the cause of the outbreak.
(4} TUBERCULOSIS.
Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the area during 1940 are given below
| New Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary. | Pulmonary | Non Fulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ |
| 1 to 5 years | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - |
| 5 to 15 „ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 15 to 25 „ | 16 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 25 to 35 „ | 18 | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | — | |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | ||||
| 45 to 55 „ | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | — |
| 4 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | — | ||
| 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 67 | 50 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 14 | - | ||
During the year 132 notifications were received of all
forms of tuberculosis - Pulmonary 117 and non-pulmonary 15,
and there were 6 deaths of un-notified cases, making a total
of 138 new cases during the year.
Information has been received of the removal into the
district of 48 tuberculous persons, included in the number
of notifications received - five of these are old cases
returned to Barking. This compares with 22 received during
1939 and 44 for 1938.
(5) ARTIFICIAL IMMUNISATION.
Artificial Immunisation was carried out weekly at one of
the Clinics, but the attendances on the whole were poor.
Towards the end of the year however, figures have started
rising and I hope I shall be able to report in 1941 extension
and development of the scheme.
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