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 Leyton]
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TABLE 4.
DEATHS EN WARDS, 1950
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Leyton. | Lea Bridge. | Central North. | Central South. | Forest. | Ley ton-stone. | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wansteat Slip. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Tuberculosis respiratory | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ||||
Tuberculosis, other | .. | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | .. | 2 | ... | 3 |
Syphilitic disease | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | .. |
.Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping cough | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | .... |
Meningococcal infection | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Acute poliomyelitis | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | .... | .... | ... | .... | .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ... | ... |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ... | |||||
Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Malignant neoplasm, breast | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | 3 | ||
Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ||
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||
Leukamia, aleukaemia | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Diabetes | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 2 | .. | ... | |||
Coronary disease, angina | 23 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 10 | ||||
Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
Other heart disease | 13 | 29 | 20 | 24 | 37 | 39 | 20 | 26 | 34 | 8 |
Other circulatory disease | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | |||
Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... |
Pneumonia | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | l |
Bronchitis | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
Other diseases of respiratory system | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Nephritis and nephrosis | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||
Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |