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 3.
DEATHS IN WARDS, 1944.
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 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
5. Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ... |
7. Other forms of tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
8. Syphilitic diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
9. Influenza | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
10. Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
12. Acute infectious encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only) | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
13. Cancer of uterus | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | l | 3 | 1 | ... | |
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ... | ||
15. Cancer of breast | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
16. Cancer of all other sites | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | ... |
17. Diabetes | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ||
18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 9 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | ... |
19. Heart disease | 26 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 20 | ... |
20. Other diseases of circulatory system | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
21. Bronchitis | 8 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | ... |
22. Pneumonia | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ... |
23. Other respiratory diseases | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | |
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |