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Barking 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The opinions expressed from time to time with respect to
this disease are so wide of the facts, as revealed by the RegistrarGeneral's
reports and current literature, that a little space spent
on the conditions existing locally may not be without profit.
The statistics taken from local records are given in the following table :—
(All Forms).
| Year | No. of Deaths from Phthisis | Rate per 1,000 Population | Other Forms of Tuberculosis | Rate per 1,000 Population | Percentage o: Deaths from Phthisis to Total Deaths all causes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 20 | 1.02 (1.3) | — | — | 5.5 |
| 1898 | 11 | 0.54 (1.3) | — | — | 3.3 |
| 1899 | 16 | 0.75 (1.3) | — | — | 4.1 |
| 1900 | 24 | 1.1 (1.3) | 9 | 0.41 | 6.0 |
| 1901 | 22 | 1.0 (1.3) | 28 | 1.27 | 5.7 |
| 1902 | 21 | 0.91 (1.2) | 13 | 0.56 | 5.7 |
| 1903 | — | - (1.2) | — | — | — |
| 1904 | 26 | 1.05 (1.2) | 7 | 0.28 | 10.5 |
| 1905 | 22 | 0.85 (1.1) | 9 | 0.35 | 8.6 |
| 1906 | 20 | 0.75 (1.16) | 18 | 0.67 | 7.5 |
| 1907 | 39 | 1.41 (1.15) | 14 | 0.50 | 14.2 |
| 1908 | 36 | 1.26 (1.12) | 13 | 0.45 | 12.6 |
| 1909 | 36 | 1.22 (1.09) | 22 | 0.74 | 12.2 |
| 1910 | 25 | 0.82 (1.02) | 11 | 0.36 | |
| 1911 | 40 | 1.26 (1.06) | 6 | 0.19 | 7.9 |
| 1912 | 28 | 0.86 (1.02) | 7 | 0.21 | 8.6 |
| 1913 | 50 | 1.49 (0.99) | 13 | 0.39 | 14.9 |
| 1914 | 48 | 1.38 (1.01) | 7 | 0.20 | 13.8 |
| 1915 | 54 | 1.56 (1.13) | 33 | 0.95 | 15.7 |
| 1916 | 44 | 1.28 (1.20) | 11 | 0.32 | 13.0 |
| 1917 | 74 | 2.04 (1.23) | 8 | 0.22 | 20.5 |
| 1918 | 55 | 1.55 (1.32) | 7 | 0.19 | 15.5 |
| 1919 | 35 | 0.99 (0.97) | 14 | 0.39 | 10.0 |
| 1920 | 38 | 1.09 | 11 | 0.31 | 8.7 |
Figures in brackets : Death Rate of Phthisis per 1,000 living for England
and Wales.