Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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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 yrs. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | – | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 99 |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 4 | – | – | 94 |
Measles | 68 | 221 | 230 | 236 | 209 | 362 | 274 | 25 | 5 | 1630 |
Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Acute Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||||
Paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Non-paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Meningococcal infection | ||||||||||
Under 5 yrs. | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Total | |||||
Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
Acute Primary | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||
Acute Influenzal | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 22 | |||||
Encephalitis, Acute | ||||||||||
Infective | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Post Infectious | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Erysipelas | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | ||||
Food Poisoning | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Paratyphoid B | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Typhoid | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Anthrax | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||
Notified | Admitted to Rush Green Hospital | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals. | Admitted to other Hospitals | |||||||
Dysentery | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Encephalitis, Acute | ||||||||||
Infective | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Post Infectious | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Erysipelas | 3 | – | – | – | ||||||
Food Poisoning | 7 | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||
Measles | 1,630 | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||
Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | – | – | 1 | ||||||
Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
Acute Primary | 13 | – | – | 1 | ||||||
Acute Influenzal | 22 | 1 | – | – | ||||||
Acute Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||||
Paralytic | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Non-paralytic | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | 99 | – | – | – | ||||||
Typhoid | - | - | – | – | ||||||
Whooping Cough | 94 | 3 | – | – | ||||||
Anthrax | 1 | – | – | – |