Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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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