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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
Hornchurch 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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In the following table the infantile deaths are shown in the different wards; 32 occurred outside the District, most being in hospitals, and these have been allocated to the wards in which the parents resided.
| Number of deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In District | Outside District | |||
| Cranham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerson Park | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Harold Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| North West | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Rainham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thameside | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Town Ward | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Upminster | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Deaths from Malignant Disease.
There were 47 deaths from carcinoma and other forms of malignant
disease : the death rate being 0.9 per thousand population.
The ages at death in certain age-groups and the site of the disease are set out below.
| Years | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1—14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15—34 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 35—44 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 45—54 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 55—64 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 65—74 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 75—84 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 85 and upwards | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 28 | |||
| Tongue | 1 | Liver | ||
| Oesophagus | 1 | Prostate | ||
| Stomach | 5 | Scrotum | 1 | |
| Colon | 6 | Lungs | 1 | |
| Caecum | 1 | Brain | 1 | |
| Rectum | 4 | Antrum | 1 | |
| Breast | 10 | Thyroid | 1 | |
| Uterus | 3 | Rodent Ulcer | 1 | |
| Ovary | 1 | Neck (sarcoma) | ||
| Kidney .. ; | 1 | |||