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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(Net Deaths).
| Causes of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the district. | Registrar-General's Figures. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Total | ||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 4 | 8 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | - | 13 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 5 | _ | _ | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | - | _ | _ | _ | - | |
| Diphtheria | — | 5 | 15 | 2 | — | _ | _ | 22 | 19 |
| Influenza | — | 3 | — | — | i | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | - | - | 2 | 9 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 52 | 52 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 5 |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | - | - | _ | - | - |
| General Paralysis of the Insane, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cancer | — | 2 | — | 1 | 8 | 26 | 37 | 74 | 78 |
| Diabetes | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 19 |
| Heart Disease | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | 29 | 60 | 98 | 99 |
| Aneurysm | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | — | — | — | _ | _ | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
| Bronchitis | 3 | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 24 |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 56 | 54 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Peptic Ulcer | — | — | — | _ | - | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 4 | 2 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 6 | 6 |
| Appendicitis | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | 8 | 8 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other Diseases of Liver | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | 2 | - | 3 | 4 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 16 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | — | — | — | _ | 1 | - | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Other Puerperal Causes | — | — | — | _ | 5 | _ | _ | 5 | 4 |
| Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, etc. | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 34 |
| Senility | — | — | _ | _ | - | _ | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Suicide | — | — | - | - | 6 | 2 | _ | 8 | 8 |
| Other Violence | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 23 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 45 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 71 | 39 | 37 | 25 | 96 | 141 | 181 | 590 | 590 |