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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 1947

[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, 1947.

TABLE 2.

CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON, 1947.

Sex.All Ages.Ages at Death in Years.In 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 years.25 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-spinal feverM..........................................
F..........................................
3. Scarlet feverM..........................................
F..........................................
4. Whooping coughM1......1..............................
F21......1...........................
5. DiphtheriaM..........................................
F11....................................
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory systemM24............333474.........
F17............76...31............
7. Other forms of tuberculosisM1...............1.....................
F3......1...2........................
8. Syphilitic diseaseM4.....................112.........
F2.....................1...1.........
9. InfluenzaM5..................1...112......
F51........................22......
10. MeaslesM..........................................
F2...1.................................
11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitisM1...............1.....................
F..........................................
12. Acute infectious encephalitisM1........................1............
F..........................................
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)M2...........................11......
13. Cancer of uterusF10..................33211......
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenumM28...............126586......
F16.....................3643......