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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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Table: PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis)

PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis)

Under 1 yr.1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -10 -15 -Over 25 yrsTotal
Scarlet Fever-3141838114-79
Whooping Cough813191211314-199
Measles33102137131143417611141,039
Diphtheria----------
Dysentery-11--5--310
Acute Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic----------
Non-paralytic----------
Meningococcal infection1-1------2

Table:

Under 5 yrs5-1415 - 4445 - 6465 and overTotal
Pneumonia:
Acute Primary-11--2
Acute Influenzal---134
Encephalitis, Acute:
Infective------
Post Infectious-1---1
Erysipelas---516
Food Poisoning1-11-3
Puerperal Pyrexia------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-2---2
Paratyphoid B--1--1
Typhoid------
Smallpox------

Table:

NotifiedAdmitted to Rush Green HospitalAdmitted to other Isolation HospitalsAdmitted to other Hospitals
Dysentery10---
Encephalitis, Acute:
Infective----
Post Infectious11--
Erysipelas6---
Food Poisoning3---
Measles1,0394-2
Meningococcal Infection21--
Paratyphoid Fever1--1
Puerperal Pyrexia----
Pneumonia:
Acute Primary2---
Acute Influenzal4---
Acute Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic----
Non-paralytic----
Scarlet Fever71---
Typhoid----
Whooping Cough992--