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Leyton 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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TABLE 3.

DEATHS IN WARDS, 1946

CAUSES OF DEATH.LeytonLea Bridge.Central North.Central South.ForestLeyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wanstead Slip.Ward Not Known.
123466789101112
1.Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers.................................
2.Cerebro-spinal fever...............1......11...
3.Scarlet fever.................................
4.Whooping cough...1...............1.........
5.Diphtheria..................1............
6.Tuberculosis of respiratory system26154103364...
7.Other forms of tuberculosis............1...1...1......
8.Syphilitic diseases............1..................
9.Influenza...21112...321...
10.Measles............1......1.........
11.Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis.................................
12.Acute infectious encephalitis.................................
13.Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)2...1...22...............
13.Cancer of uterus...21112...1...2...
14.Cancer of stomach and duodenum444...753411...
15.Cancer of breast22...2322211...
16.Cancer of all other sites1320652311155134...
17.Diabetes......111......121...
18.Intra-cranial vascular lesions422710181381116II...
19.Heart disease13421828583225182612...
20.Other diseases of circulatory system45537933111
21.Bronchitis1021471513141215101
22.Pneumonia31434443652...
23.Other respiratory diseases......2116......1......
24.Ulcer of stomach or duodenum19222...1111...