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Barking 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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The table expresses the actual toll taken and also shows the
number dying had the population consisted of 1,000 persons.
The chance of any individual terminating his life through the
disease is given in the last column. This column expresses the
number dying from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 100 deaths. It
is seen that the chance has increased from one in twenty to almost
one in ten. The figures, however, are so very variable that the
general tendency is not revealed.
To demonstrate this point the rates and percentage for
England and Wales are given instead.

Death Rate from Phthisis.

Rate per 1,000 living in England and Wales.

YearMalesFemales
18403.44.1
18453.33.5
18502.8 (12.5)2.9 (14.5)
18552.6 (18.53.0 (14.0)
18602.5 (12.0)2.7 (13.5)
18652.6 (11.5)2.7 (13.0)
18702.4 (11.5)2.5 (12.5)
18752.2 (11.0)2.2 (11.5)
18801.9 (10.5)1.9 (10.5)
18851.8 (10.0)1.7 (9.5)
18901.7 (9.5)1.6 (8.5)
18951.5 (8.5)1.1 (8.0)
19001.4 (8.5)1.0 (7.0)
19051.4 (8.5)1.0 (7.0)
19101.2 (8.5)0.9 (7.0)
19151.4 (7.9)0.9 (6.4)
19161.5 (8.8)0.9 (7.2)
19171.6 (8.9)1.0 (8.3)
1918*1.7 (5.8)1.1 (7.0)
19191.1 (7.3)0.9 (7.2)

* Year of main incidence of Influenza.
The deductions that can be made from these figures are of
considerable interest, though it cannot be said, even at the present
time, that there is a consensus of opinion as to the causes of the
disease.