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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
Dagenham 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH | Under | Over 1 and under 2 | Over 2 and under 5 | Over 5 and under 15 | Over 15 and under 25 | Over 25 and under 35 | Over 35 and under 45 | Over 45 and under 55 | Over 55 and under 65 | Over 65 and under 75 | 75 and over | TOTAL | Registrar-General's Allocations. | |||||||||||||
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| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 35 | 29 | 34 | 32 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 8. Syphilitic Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 9. Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 10. Measles | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 13.m. Cancer of Buccal Cavity & Oesophagus (Males only) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| 13.f. Cancer of Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 7 | ||
| 14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 13 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| 15. Cancer of Breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 31 | 45 | 26 |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 18. Inter-cranial Vascular Lesions | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 16 |
| 19. Heart Disease | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 75 | 60 | 57 | 57 |
| 20. Other diseases of the Circulatory System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 15 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 20 |
| 23. Other Respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 24. Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | l | 0 | 1 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 28. Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 |
| 29. Puerperal and post Abortive Sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 31. Premature Birth | 13 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| 32. Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile disease | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | 19 | 10 |
| 33. Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 35. Other Violent Causes | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 36. All Other Causes | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 28 |
| 45 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 56 | 33 | 62 | 34 | 52 | 47 | 54 | 56 | 344 | 294 | 346 | 292 | |