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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: or important from a public health aspect were as follows:—

or important from a public health aspect were as follows:—

Disease.No. of Deaths.Percentage of total net deaths registered.
Cardio-vascular system16329.90
Cancer7513.69
Tuberculosis (all forms)366.57
Pulmonary affections (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz.:
Bronchitis71.26
Pneumonia (all forms)437.85
Other respiratory diseases5.91
Zymotic Diseases234.19

Table: (d) Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 4.19 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following numbers:—

(d) Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 4.19 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following numbers:—

Enteric Fever1
Measles-
Whooping Cough2
Scarlet Fever–-
Diphtheria14
Diarrhœa6
Smallpox-