London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Causing Most deaths or important from a Public Health aspect

were as follows: –

DiseaseNo. of Deaths.Percent age ol total net deaths registered.
Cardio-Vascular System4110.62
Cancer4712.17
Tuberculosis(all forms)4210.88
Pulmonary affections. (exclusive, of tuberculosis), viz., Bronchitis389.84
Pneumonies256.47
other respiratory disease61.55
Zymotic Diseases266.73

Of the total deaths, tuberculosis caused one in every 9.1,
heart diseases one in every 9.4, bronchitis one in every 10.1, cancer
one in every 8.2 pneumonia one in every 15.4, suicide and violence
one in every other respiratory diseases one in every 64.3, and
Zymotic diseasse one in every 14.8.

Deaths from Zymotic Diseases__These diseases caused 6.7

Per cent of tfi& total deaths, such deaths being caused in the M'owng proportions:—

Enteric fever
Measles0.25
Whooping Cough3.36
Scarlet Fever0.25
Diptheria0.51
Diarrhœa2.33
Smallpox

The average death rate for the quinquennium ended
31st December, 1925, was 9.8 per 1,000 population.