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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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case all preliminary arrangements were made either by the patient's
own doctor or the staff at Barking Public Health Department
BARKING CHEST CLINIC
During 1963, the work of Dr. J.T.Paterson and has staff has been
considerably increased by the extra x-rays requiring to be taken in
connection with the Ministry of Education Research project, and I do
lank them most sincerely for their help
Statistics relating to the notification of cases are given below:-
| Respiratory | Meninges & C.N.S. | Other | Total | Transfers into the area | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| 1955 | 37 | 25 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 68 | 30 | 98 |
| 1956 | 31 | 15 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 50 | 32 | 82 |
| 1957 | 22 | 6 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 57 |
| 1958 | 20 | 14 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 66 |
| 1959 | 20 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 38 | 79 |
| 1960 | 27 | 14 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 44 | 29 | 73 |
| 1961 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 62 |
| 1962 | 24 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 59 |
| 1963 | 17 | 10 | - | - | 4 | - | 31 | 31 | 62 |
notified cases moved to other districts during the year.
Dr. T. Paterson, the Chest Physician, and his staff have helped
is considerably with the diagnosis of chest complaints, and their
infailing kindness and consideration to their patients has helped
considerably when difficult decisions have had to be made.
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