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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following table shows the ages of the persons who died from cancer and the organs affected:—
| Organ. | Under 1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5—15 years. | 15—25 years. | 25—45years. | 45—65 years. | Over 05 years. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Bladder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Breast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 6 |
| Cervix | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Colon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Inguinal Gland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Liver | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Lung | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Oesophagus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pancreas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Peritoneum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Prostate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Rectum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Stomach | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Tongue | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Thyroid Gland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Uterus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ventriculi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Totals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 38 | 33 |
Forty-five deaths occurred from Tuberculosis (all forms) forty-one of these being
pulmonary cases. The number of deaths in institutions was twenty-six.
The death rate for Tuberculosis (all forms) during 1935 was 0.62 per 1,000
population, compared with 0.77 for the previous year.
The compulsory removal to hospital of persons suffering from Tuberculosis is
practically a dead letter in Barking.