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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 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: causing most deaths or important from a Public Health aspect were as follows :—

causing most deaths or important from a Public Health aspect were as follows :—

Disease.No. of Deaths.Percentage of total net deaths registered.
Cardio-vascular system4311.34
Cancer328.44
Tuberculosis (all forms)3910.29
Pulmonary affections, (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz. : Bronchitis297.65
Pneumonia348.97
Other respiratory disease30.79
Zvmotic Diseases369.49

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Of the total deaths, tuberculosis caused one in every 9.7,
heart disease one in every 8.8, bronchitis one in every 13.0, cancer
one in every 11.8, pneumonia one in every 11.1, suicide and
violence one in every 27.1, other respiratory diseases one in every
126.3, and zymotic diseases one in every 10.5.

Table: Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 9.49 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused i:i the following proportions :—

Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 9.49 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused i:i the following proportions :—

Enteric fever-
Measles3.69
Whooping Cough1.05
Scarlet Fever—
Diphtheria0.79
Diarrhœa3.95
Smallpox—