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 Leyton]
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TABLE 5.
DEATHS IN WARDS, 1940.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Leyton | Lea Bridge. | Central North. | Central South. | Forest | Leyton-stone. | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wanstead Slip. | Ward Not Known. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2. Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3. Scarlet fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
4. Whooping cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5. Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ... |
7. Other forms of tuberculosis | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
8. Syphilitic diseases | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
9. Influenza | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... |
10. Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
12. Acute infectious encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only) | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
13. Cancer of uterus | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | ... | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
15. Cancer of breast | 1 | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | l | ... |
16. Cancer of all other sites | 10 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
17. Diabetes | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 |
18.Ingtra eranial vascular lesions | 10 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 12 | ... |
19. Heart disease | 36 | 53 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 1 |
20. Other diseases of circulatory system | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... |
21. Bronchitis | 8 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 13 | ... |
22. Pneumonia | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | ... |
23. Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... |
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |