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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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DEATHS
Causes of Death in 1957 Total
Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases 6
Cancer and other Malignant Diseases 189
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 57
Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System 197
Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases
(excluding T.B.) 77
Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System 19
Accidents, Poisonings and Violence 29
Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations 20
Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion 1
Other causes 29
Total 624
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 8.31.
Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor 1.41) 11.72.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following notifications were received during the year:—
Notifications
Pneumonia 146
Tuberculosis: Respiratory 28
Non-Respiratory 7
35
Scarlet Fever 50
Dysentery 9
Puerperal Pyrexia 10
Measles 1,113
Whooping Cough 217
Food Poisoning 14
Erysipelas 4
Scabies 12
Meningococcal Infection 3
Poliomyelitis 5
Diphtheria
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2
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