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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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In the tables on pages 37-38 will be found statistical evidence of the
work which has been undertaken at the various clinics during the year.
THE PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
Notification
The following is a summary of the cases notified during the year:—
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 10
Diphtheria 1
Dysentery 11
Erysipelas 25
Food Poisoning 26
Malaria 2
Measles 422
Meningococcal Infections 2
Pneumonia 76
Puerperal Pyrexia 9
Scabies 33
Scarlet Fever 163
Typhoid Fever 1
Whooping Cough 346
No difficulty was met in arranging for the admission of cases to
hospital, and most cases went to Ilford Isolation and Rush Green Hospitals.
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis
Of the cases notified four developed paralytic symptoms and of these
two unfortunately died.
diphtheria
1 am happy to record that only one case of diphtheria was confirmed
in Barking luring the year and that the patient recovered.
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