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 East Ham]
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Cause of Death | Mano???Park | ??? | ??? | Pla- ahet | Ken-sing t on. | Castle | Central | Wall End | Great-field | South | Tata. |
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1. Typhoid and para-typhoid fevers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — |
2 Cerebro- spinal. Fever | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | – | – | – | 1 |
3. Scarlet Fever | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
4 Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | |
5.Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
6.Tuberculosis of resoirotary System | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | *7 | 80 |
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
8 Syphilitic Diseases | 1 | – | 1 | _ | .– | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 9 |
9.Influenza | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 27 | |
10.Measles | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
11.Acute Poliomyelitis and polioonccphalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
12. Acute infective encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
13. Cancer of buccal cavity & oseophagus (M)uterus(p) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 14 |
11.Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum... | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 50 |
15. Cancer of Breast | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
16.Cancer of all other sites | 16 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 130 |
17.Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 8 |
18.Intracranial vascular lesions | 13 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 110 |
19.Heart disease . | 34 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 237 |
20.Other diseases of circulatory system | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 34 |
21.Bronchitis. | 13 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 99 |
22.Pneumonia | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 75 |
23.Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |
24. Ulcer of Stomach and duodenum | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | 18 |
25,Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 11 | ||
26.Appendicitis | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 | |
27.Other digestive Diseases | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | 21 | ||
28.Nephritis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
29. Puerperal and Post abortive Sepsis | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | |
30. Other maternal causes | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
31. Premature Birth | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
32.Congenital Malformation birth injury infantile diseases | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
33.Suicide | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 11 10 32 |
34. Road. Traffic Accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | |
35. Other violent causes 36.All other | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
cAUSES | 18 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 131 |
totals | 163 | 152 | 123 | 105 | 84 | 109 | 132 | 114 | 113 | 139 | 1232 |