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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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VITAL STATISTICS, ETC., FOR BARKING DURING THE PERIOD 1907 TO 1957
| PRIOR TO 1907 | 1907 | 1917 | 1927 | 1937 | 1947 | 1957 | |
| TOTAL | |||||||
| POPULATION | 1900 — 21,500 | 29,500 | 36,000 | 39,900 | 76,470 | 77,660 | 75,070 |
| INFANT | 1900 — 203 | ||||||
| MORTALITY | 1901 — 198 | ||||||
| RATE (per 1,000 births) | 1902 — 134 | ||||||
| 1903 — 113 | 112 | 117 | 66.1 | 53.8 | 31.35 | 18.56 | |
| 1904 — 143 | |||||||
| 1905 — 142 | |||||||
| 1906 — 162 | |||||||
| NUMBER OF MEDICAL OFFICERS | One M.O.H. (also in private practice) | Full-time M.O.H. appointed 1909 | M.O.H. only | One M.O.H. & S.M.O. One Assistant Medical Officer | One M.O.H. & S.M.O. One Deputy M.O.H. & S.M.O. Three Assistant Medical Officers | One M.O.H. & S.M.O. One Deputy M.O.H. & S.M.O. Six Assistant Medical Officers | One M.O.H. (also Area Med. Offr. & Div. S.M.O.) Five Assistant Medical Officers |
| INFECTIOUS | |||||||
| DISEASES | 1900 = 75 5 (6.6%) | ||||||
| (All ages) | 1901 = 80 3 (3.7%) | ||||||
| (i) Diphtheria | 1902 = 75 6 (8%) | ||||||
| 1903 = 194 19 (10%) | 37 6 (16%) | 93 11 (12%) | 77 2 (2.6%) | 155 5 (3.2%) | 7 Nil | Nil Nil | |
| 1904 = 145 9 (6%) | |||||||
| 1905 = 116 14 (12%) | |||||||
| 1906 = 69 9 (13%) | |||||||
| 1928 : 5 | 1933 : 2 | ||||||
| (ii) Smallpox | 1900 = 1 | 1929 : 11 | 1934 : — | ||||
| (cases) | 1901 =4 — | 1930 : 45 | 1935 : — | ||||
| 1902 = 103 13 | 1907 to 1916 | 1917 to 1927 | 1931 : 5 | 1936 : — | Nil | Nil | |
| 1903 =27 2 | Nil | Nil | 1932 : 5 | 1937 : — | |||
| 1904 = — — | No deaths | No deaths | |||||
| 1905 = 1 — | occurred | occurred | |||||
| 1906 = — — | |||||||
| (iii) Tuberculosis | 1901 = 2.3 | ||||||
| (not notifiable | 1902 = 1.4 | 45 39 | Pulm. 173 74 | Pulm. 87 37 | Pulm. 95 37 | Pulm. 156 51 | Pulm. 28 8 |
| until 1907 | 1903 = 1.28 | Non 61 14 | Non. .. 21 9 | Non. ., 26 6 | Non.,, 15 5 | Non.,,7 — | |
| and then only | 1904 = 1.24 | (Death Rate— | (Death Rate— | (Death Rate— | (Death Rate— | (Death Rate— | |
| voluntary) | 1905 = 1.1 | 2.44 per 1,000) | 1.15 per 1,000) | 0.56 per 1,000) | 0.72 per 1,000) | 0.106 per 1,000) | |
| 1906 = 1.3 | |||||||
| SPECIALIST SERVICES IN BARKING | Nil | Nil | Nil | Orthopaedic (at Faircross School) —commenced 1924. | Orthopaedic Obst. & Gynae. (commenced 1933) Ophthalmic— ( cnmmcnced 1935 ) | Orthopaedic Obst. Gynae. Ophthalmic Bar, Nose & Throat—(commenced 1938) Skin-(com— menced 1943 | Orthopaedic Obst. & Gynae. Ear. Nose & Throat Skin Pacdiatric Ophthalie '( REg. Hosp. |
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