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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 3.DEATHS IN WARDS, 1947

TABLE 3.

DEATHS IN WARDS, 1947

CAUSES OF DEATH.LeytonLea Bridge.Central North.Central South.ForestLeyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wanstead Slip.ward Not Known.
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1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers.................................
2. Cerebro-spinal fever.................................
3. Scarlet fever.................................
4. Whooping cough11..................1......
5. Diphtheria............1..................
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system2634573533...
7. Other forms of tuberculosis...1......1...11.........
8. Syphilitic diseases1111...1...1.........
9. Influenza...1...1...11141...
10. Measles.........1...............1...
11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis...1...........................
12. Acute infectious encephalitis.........1.....................
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)...1......1..................
13. Cancer of uterus2...1...13......3......
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum59321234114...
15. Cancer of breast...71412......21...
16. Cancer of all other sites142510132613510133...
17. Diabetes...1......3......122...
18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions91911141920108198...
19. Heart disease33571727586026313618...
20. Other diseases of circulatory system2337842133...
21. Bronchitis719101312101210138...
22. Pneumonia59410953446...
23. Other respiratory diseases2122.........132...
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum311...711...3......