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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 3.CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON, 1937.A ges at D eath in Y ears . W ards.

TABLE 3.

CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON, 1937.

A ges at D eath in Y ears . W ards.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Male.Female.Total All Ages.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 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.In Public Institutions in the District.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leytonstone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wanstead Slip.Ward not known.
Not belonging to District.Belonging to District.
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Typhoid Fever...22...............11...11.........1.........1.........
Measles...111..............................1...........................
Scarlet fever........................................................................
Whooping cough112...1...1............1........................11......
Diphtheria527115............33...............34............
Influenza1531461.........218252482554961554...
Encephalitis lethargica213.........111...12...2......1...............
Cerebro-spinal fever1...11.....................51..................1............
Tuberculosis of respiratory system332255.........2923192971521175755652...
Other tuberculous diseases448...1...3121...2742311...1............