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Barking 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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DEATHS
Causes of Death in 1960
Total
Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System 208
Cancer and other Malignant Diseases 206
Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory
Diseases (excluding T.B.) 90
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 84
Other causes 37
Accidents, Poisonings and Violence 28
Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations 19
Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System 17
Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases 5
Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion 1
Total 695
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 9.276.
Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor 1.41) = 13.08.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following notifications were received during the year:-
Notifications
Scarlet Fever 98
Whooping Cough 94
Tuberculosis:- Respiratory 41
Non-Respiratory 3
Measles 36
Pneumonia 35
Dysentery 22
Puerperal Pyrexia 9
Scabies 8
Food Poisoning 4
Erysipelas 1
Pemphigus Neonatorum 1
The numbers of notifications received during 1960 did, in the
main go down a, compared with 1959, with the exception of whooping
cough where an increase from 8 to 94 was recorded. This
might be said to be a reflection on our immunisation programme
bu it has never been claimed that immunisation would eradicate
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