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 Hornchurch]
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In the following table the infantile deaths are shown in the different wards; 27 occurred outside the District, most being in hospitals, and these have been allocated to the wards in which the parents resided.
Ward | Number of deaths | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
In District | Outside District. | |||
M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Cranham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Emerson Park | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Harold Wood | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
North West | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Rainham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Thameside | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Town Ward | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Upminster | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Deaths from Malignant Disease.
There were 70 deaths from carcinoma and other forms of
malignant disease : the death rate being 1.1 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 | 1 | 0 |
15-34 | 1 | 1 |
35-44 | 0 | 6 |
45-54 | 6 | 7 |
55-64 | 9 | |
65-74 | 3 | 14 |
75 -84 | 4 | 9 |
85 and upwards | 0 | 1 |
24 | 46 |
Part affected.
Number.
Alimentary tract and glands : | M. | F. |
---|---|---|
Oesophagus | 1 | 1 |
Stomach | 7 | 10 |
Colon | 5 | 4 |
Capcum | 0 | 1 |
Bowel | 1 | 1 |
Rectum | 2 | 2 |
Gall bladder | 0 | 1 |
Liver | 0 | 2 |
Pancreas | 0 | 3 |