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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications and Deaths
| New Cases | Deaths | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Meninges and CNS | Other | Total | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 5 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | 9 | 7 | - | - | 19 | - | - | ||||
| 45 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 7 | - | - | ||
| 65 and upwards | 13 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Totals | 37 | 16 | - | 57 | 17 | 7 | |||||
Transferred Cases
| Clinic | Into Borough | Out of Borough | Net gain or loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upney | 8 | 9 | |
| Five Elms | + 4 | ||
| Totals | 34 | 31 | + 3 |
Chest Clinics
| Clinic | No. cases on register | No. households involved | No. home visits made | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upney | 411 | 372 | 889 | ||||
| Five Elms | 574 | 516 | 748 | ||||
| Totals | 985 | 888 | 1,637 | ||||
| Clinic | Ante-natal | Child Contacts | No. B.C.G. given | ||||
| No. chest X-rays | No. T.B. | No. of Attendances | No. T.B. | Children | Other | ||
| Upney | 853 | - | 617 | 5 | 248 | ||
| Five Elms | 90 | - | 537 | 7 | |||
| Totals | 943 | - | 1,154 | 329 | |||
The statistics presented here are a combination of the morbidity and
mortality figures for tuberculosis throughout the year of 1966 in the whole of
this new London Borough. So that a comparison can be made with the situation
previous to 1965, the following table is given:-
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