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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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DEATHS
Causes of Death in 1955 Total
Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases 15
Cancer and other Malignant Diseases 181
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 66
Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System 200
Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases
(excluding T.B.) 84
Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System 18
Accidents, Poisonings and Violence 31
Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations 25
Other causes 47
Total 667
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 8.777.
Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor 1.33)= 11.67.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following notifications were received during the year:—
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Notifications
Deaths
Pneumonia
51
36
Tuberculosis Respiratory
62
68
7
9
Non-Respiratory
6
2
Scarlet Fever
40
-
Dysentery
22
-
Puerperal Pyrexia
34
-
Measles
1,568
-
Whooping Cough
49
-
Food Poisoning
21
-
Erysipelas
6
-
Scabies
9
-
Malaria
-
-
Meningococcal Infection
4
-
Poliomyelitis
18
-
Diphtheria
-
-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
1
-
Paratyphoid Fever
6
-
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