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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH 1968

CAUSES OF DEATH 1968

Cause of DeathAGE AT DEATH
Under 1 yr1 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25yrs25 and under 45yrs45 and under 65yrs65 and under 75yrs75 and overTotal
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1.Cholera----------_-------
2.Typhoid Fever------------------
3.Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis------------------
4.Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases-1--------_----1
5.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System--------2-2-21--61
6.Other Tuberculosis, incl. late effects---------1---1-2-
7.Plague------------------
8.Diphtheria------------------
9.Whooping Cough------------------
10.Streptococcal Sore Throat and Scarlet Fever------------------
l1.Meningococcal Infection1-----------1---2-
12.Acute Poliomyelitis------------------
13.Smallpox------------------
14.Measles------------------
15.Typhus and other Rickettsioses------------------
16.Malaria------------------
17.Syphilis and its Sequelae------------------
18.All other infective and Parasitic Diseases-----1------1---11
19.Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach-----------610911113526
20." " -Lung, Bronchus--------2-39l4621122612531
21." " -Breast---------3-20-10-5-38
22." " -Uterus---------1-10-1---12
23.Leukaemia------1---223--163
24.Other Malignant Neoplasms, incl. Neoplasms of Lymphatic and Haematopoietic Tissue---1----105453643492624124115
25.Benign and Unspecified Neoplasms--1--1----22111155
26.Diabetes Mellitus-----1----331915518
27.Avitaminoses and other Nutritional Deficiency------------1-1-2-