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Barking 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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THE HEALTH OF BARKING
PNEUMONIA.
There were 72 notifications of all forms of pneumonia during the year. In
1938 there were 165 notifications but since 1939 the annual fluctuations have
been remarkably small.
PARATYPHOID AND TYPHOID.
No cases of paratyphoid were notified in 1946. Only one case of typhoid was
notified. The source of the infection could not be traced though at the critical time
the patient ate a few ices from 'barrow boys.'
CEREBRO SPINAL MENINGITIS.
Since the big epidemic, affecting the whole country in 1940-1941, the incidence
of this disease has declined.
There were only two cases notified in 1946.
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