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Barking 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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DEATHS

Causes of Death in 1956Total
Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases16
Cancer and other Malignant Diseases150
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System71
Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System198
Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases (excluding T.B.)86
Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System17
Accidents, Poisonings and Violence28
Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations21
Other causes61
Total648
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
Pneumonia3329
TuberculosisRespiratory465089
Non-Respiratory41
Scarlet Fever49-
Dysentery152-
Puerperal Pyrexia52
Measles27-
Whooping Cough110-
Food Poisoning21-
Erysipelas8-
Scabies6-
Meningococcal Infection2-
Poliomyelitis-1
Diphtheria-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum13-
Paratyphoid Fever1-

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