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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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DEATHS
| Causes of Death in 1956 | Total |
|---|---|
| Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases | 16 |
| Cancer and other Malignant Diseases | 150 |
| Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System | 71 |
| Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System | 198 |
| Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases (excluding T.B.) | 86 |
| Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System | 17 |
| Accidents, Poisonings and Violence | 28 |
| Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations | 21 |
| Other causes | 61 |
| Total | 648 |
| Crude Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 8.58. | |
| Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor 1.42) = 12.18 | |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following notifications were received during the ir:—
| Notification. | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 33 | 29 | |||
| Tuberculosis | Respiratory | 46 | 50 | 8 | |
| Non-Respiratory | 4 | 1 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 49 | - | |||
| Dysentery | 152 | - | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 52 | — | |||
| Measles | 27 | - | |||
| Whooping Cough | 110 | - | |||
| Food Poisoning | 21 | - | |||
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | |||
| Scabies | 6 | - | |||
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | |||
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | |||
| Diphtheria | — | - | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | - | |||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | |||
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