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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: Causesn of Death in 1926.-The table on page 17 shown the principal causes of death at various ages.Those diseases, ect., causing most deaths or important from a public Health aspect were as follows :—

Causesn of Death in 1926.-The table on page 17 shown the principal causes of death at various ages.Those diseases, ect., 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 system4712.84
Cancer6417.48
Tuberculosis (all forms)359.83
Pulmonary affections, (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz., Bronchitis287.65
Pneumonia277.37
Other respiratory disease41.09
Zymotic Diseases267.10

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Of the total deaths, tuberculosis caused one in every 10.4, heart
diseases one in every 7.7, bronchitis one in every 13.0, cancer one
in every 5.7, pneumonia one in every 13.5, suicide and violence
one in every 22.8, other respiratory diseases one in every 91.5, and
zymotic diseases one in every 14.0.

Table: Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 7.1 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following proportions :—

Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 7.1 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following proportions :—

Enteric Fever0.27
Measles1.91
Whooping Cough0.27
Scarlet Fever—
Diphtheria0.54
Diarrhæa4.09
Smallpox—