Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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In the following table the infantile deaths are shown in the different wards; 32 occurred outside the District, most being in hospitals, and these have been allocated to the wards in which the parents resided.
Number of deaths | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
In District | Outside District | |||
Cranham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Emerson Park | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Harold Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
North West | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Rainham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thameside | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Town Ward | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Upminster | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Deaths from Malignant Disease.
There were 47 deaths from carcinoma and other forms of malignant
disease : the death rate being 0.9 per thousand population.
The ages at death in certain age-groups and the site of the disease are set out below.
Years | M. | F. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1—14 | 0 | 0 | ||
15—34 | 0 | 2 | ||
35—44 | 1 | 2 | ||
45—54 | 2 | 6 | ||
55—64 | 7 | 6 | ||
65—74 | 5 | 4 | ||
75—84 | 3 | 7 | ||
85 and upwards | 1 | 1 | ||
19 | 28 | |||
Tongue | 1 | Liver | ||
Oesophagus | 1 | Prostate | ||
Stomach | 5 | Scrotum | 1 | |
Colon | 6 | Lungs | 1 | |
Caecum | 1 | Brain | 1 | |
Rectum | 4 | Antrum | 1 | |
Breast | 10 | Thyroid | 1 | |
Uterus | 3 | Rodent Ulcer | 1 | |
Ovary | 1 | Neck (sarcoma) | ||
Kidney .. ; | 1 |