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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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DEATHS
Causes of Death in 1958 Total
Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases 8
Cancer and other Malignant Diseases 182
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 74
Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System 187
Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases
(excluding T.B.) 102
Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System 17
Accidents, Poisonings and Violence
Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations 17
Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion
Other causes 35
Total 643
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 8.59.
Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor 1.42) = 12 19.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following notifications were received during the year: —
Notification:
Pneumonia 57
Tuberculosis: Respiratory 34
Non-Respiratory 4
Scarlet Fever 70
Dysentery 6
Puerperal Pyrexia 36
Measles 267
Whooping Cough 73
Food Poisoning 28
Erysipelas 5
Scabies 10
Meningococcal Infection -
Poliomyelitis 1
Diphtheria 11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 11
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