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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

Leyton 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 2.CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON, 1941.

TABLE 2.

CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON, 1941.

Sex.All Ages.Ages at Death in Years.In Public Institutions in the District
Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Not belonging to District.Belonging to District.
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1.Typhoid and paratyphoid feversM..........................................
F..........................................
2.Cerebro-spina1 feverM21...1..............................
F..........................................
3.Scarlet feverM..........................................
F1.......................................
4.Whooping coughM22....................................
F2......2..............................
5.DiphtheriaM..........................................
F1......1..............................
6.Tuberculosis of respiratory systemM241.........274451.........
F23.........11074...1............
7.Other forms of tuberculosisM4......1111.....................
F4.........1111..................
8.Syphilitic diseaseM9..................11313......
F2........................11.........
9.InfluenzaM7.....................32...2......
F3........................21.........
10.MeaslesM..........................................
F..........................................
11.Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitisM..........................................
F..........................................
12.Acute infectious encephalitisM2...............1l..................
F1..................l..................
13.Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only).M8........................161......
13.Cancer of uterusF7.....................2221......
14.Cancer of stomach and duodenumM21..................2...8101......
F21...............111297......