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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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DEATHS
| Causes of Death in 1959 | Total |
|---|---|
| Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases | 7 |
| Cancer and other Malignant Diseases | 209 |
| Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System | 78 |
| Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System | 227 |
| Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases (excluding T.B.) | 98 |
| Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System | 13 |
| Accidents, Poisonings and Violence | 22 |
| Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations | 30 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion | - |
| Other causes | 40 |
| Total | 724 |
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 9.66
Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor 1.41)= 13.62.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following notifications were received during the year:-
| Notifications | |
|---|---|
| Pneuraonia | 79 |
| Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 37 |
| Non-Respiratory | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 95 |
| Dysentery | 47 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 |
| Measles | 896 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 9 |
| Scabies | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 |
| Diphtheria | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 |
| Malaria | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 |
The case of malaria related to a national of the Indian subcontinent
who had only been in Britain for a short while.
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