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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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Materanal Mortality
Abortion with Sepsis | Other Abortion | Complication of Pregnancy | Sepsis of Childbirth and the Pueperium | Other | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
England and Wales | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.30 |
Wanstead and Woodford | — | — | — | — | 1.31 |
Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1.Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 6 | 10 | |
2. Other forms of Tuberculosis | - | - | |
3. Syphilitic Disease | 2 | - | 2 |
4. Diphtheria | - | - | - |
5.Whooping Cough | - | ||
6.Meningocecal Infections | - | - | |
7.Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - |
8.Measles | 1 | - | 1 |
9.Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | ||
10.Malignant Neoplasm—Stomach | 6 | 16 | 22 |
11.Malignant Neoplasm—Lung and Bronchus | 23 | 7 | 30 |
12.Mlalignant Neoplasm—Breast | - | 11 | |
13. Malignant Neoplasm—Uterus | - | 4 | |
14.Malignant Neoplasm—Others | 28 | 32 | 60 |
15. Leukæmia | 2 | 2 | |
16 Diabetes | 5 | 6 | |
17.Vascular Lesions—Nervous System | 34 | 54 | 88 |
18. Coronary Disease, Angina | 62 | 21 | 83 |
19.Hypertension with Heart Disease | 7 | 7 | |
20. Other Heart Disease | 43 | 65 | 108 |
21.Other Circulatory Disease | 11 | 26 | |
22. Influenza | 2 | 2 | |
23. Pneumonia | 19 | 10 | 29 |
24.Bronchitis | 30 | 23 | 53 |
25.Other Respiratory Diseases | 4 | 2 | 6 |
26. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 6 | ||
27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 2 |
28. Nephritis and Nephrosis | 2 | 4 | |
29Hyperplasia of Prostate | 5 | - | |
30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | - | ||
31 Congenital Malformations | 2 | ||
32. Other Diseases | 26 | 38 | |
33. Motor Vehicle Accidents | - | 4 | |
34.All Other Accidents | 4 | 6 | 10 |
35. Suicide | 3 | - | 3 |
36. Homicide and Operations of War | - | - | - |
Totals, 1952 | 329 | 337 | 666 |
Totals, 1951 | 329 | 339 | 668 |