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Barking 1944
[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 is a summary of our four quarterly
returns, to the Ministry of Health, in respect of the
Notification of Infectious Diseases. These Returns
are final numbers, after subsequent corrections by the
notifying Medical Practitioners or by the Medical
Superintendent of the Hospital.
Removals to Hospital and deaths are also given.
| Disease | Total | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 9 | 9 | _ |
| Dysentery | 23 | 23 | — |
| Erysipelas | 36 | 17 | 1 |
| Measles | 151 | 5 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — |
| Pneumonia | 45 | 15 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 2 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 153 | 119 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 479 | 13 | — |
| Totals | 906 | 208 | 9 |
(2) HOSPITALISATION.
Our Infectious Diseases have been hospitalised
at the Ilford Isolation, Plaistow Fever, Rush Green
Isolation, Billericay, Grays, Waltham Cross, Dartford,