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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
East Ham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CANCER.
71 deaths were due to cancerous disease. This is equal to a
death-rate of 0.61 per 1,000 living, as compared with 60 deaths and
a death.rate of 0.54 per 1,000 for the previous year.
The average death-rate for the past five years is 0.50 per
1,000:—
1900 0'49 per 1,000
1901 056 „
1902 0.34 „
1903 0.54 „
1904 0.61 „
197 deaths were due to this class of disease, being equal to a death rate of 1 .68 per 1 ,000 living, as compared with 137 deaths, and a death - rate of 1 .24 for the year 1903.
| Manor Park Ward. | Plashbt Ward. | Central Ward. | Bkckton and N. Woolwich Ward. | Total Average. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. |
| 29 | 1.16 | 52 | 1.26 | 51 | 1.24 | 7 | 0.77 | 139 | 118 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 11 | 0.44 | 18 | 0.71 | 21 | 0.51 | 8 | 0.88 | 58 | 0.49 |
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENT AND SUICIDE.
There were 17 deaths due to Accident and 6 Suicides.
INQUESTS.
During the year inquests were held on the bodies of 115 persons who died suddenly or by violence, and the following causes of death returned:—
| Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| Syncope | 16 |
| Accidents | 12 |
| Suffocation (overlaying) | 11 |
| 39 |