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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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2. HOSPITALISATION.
Hiring the year 1942, cases of Infectious Disease requiring
hospitalisation were admitted to the Ilford Isolation Hospital, Plaistow
Fever, Rush Green Isolation, Walthamstow, Enfield, Billericay, Grays,
Waltham Cross and also Hospitals of the London County Council.
The following table shows the oases dealt with at Hospitals during the year:-
| Disease. | In hospital 31st. Dec. 1941. | Admitted during year. | Died, | Discharged. | In hospital 31st. Dec. 1942. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pood Poisoning. Encephalitis | - | - | - | |||
| ΓΈ Lethargica. Acute Anterior | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Poliomyelitis. | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| x Scarlet Pever. | 294 | 2 | 41 | |||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group). | 3 | 57 | - | 54 | 6 | |
| = Cerebro Spinal Fever. | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Pneumonia. | - | - | 2 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia, | 2 | - | 2 | |||
| Erysipelas. | - | 7 | - | 6 | 1 | |
| + Whooping Cough, | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | - | |
| Measles. | - | - | - | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | - | 5 | - | 5 | ||
| Others. | 26 | 5 | 19 | |||
This case was subsequently found not to "be Encephalitis Lethargica.
x 40 cases of Scarlet Fever were nursed at home.
x One death, cause believed to be Scarlet Fever, subse quently proved
not to be the cause.
= In eight cases notified as Cerebro Spinal Fever, the original diagnosis
was not confirmed by the Hospital.
= One case was subsequently diagnosed as "Pneumonococoal Meningitis".
+ One death subse quently found not to be Whooping Cough.
3. PARATYPHOID FEVER
Below I give a table shoving the number of cases of Paratyphoid Fever which have occurred in Barking over a period of seven years:-
| Year. | Number of cases notified. | Admitted to Hospital. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1937 | 17 | 17 | ||
| 1938 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1939 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1940 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 1941 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1942 | - | - | ||