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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
East Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 5.
Sex Distribution of Deaths in Wards, 1931.
| Sex. | WARDS. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Park. | Little Ilford. | Woodgrange. | Plashet. | Kensing ton. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Greatfield. | South. | ||
| Males | 95 | 92 | 75 | 71 | 56 | 78 | 77 | 47 | 91 | 702 | |
| Females | 72 | 92 | 88 | 76 | 69 | 84 | 74 | 78 | 62 | 69 | 764 |
| Totals | 167 | 184 | 163 | 147 | 125 | 154 | 155 | 109 | 1,526 | ||
TABLE 6.
Infant Deaths under One Year of Age, 1931.
| Cause of Death. | Sex. | Ages. | Total under 1 year. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | 1-3 | months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | |||
| Whooping Cough | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | M | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Other T ubercu lou s diseases | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Syphilis | M | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Cancer, Malignant disease | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | M | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| F | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 8 |
| F | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Diarrhoea, | M | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 7 | |
| etc. | F | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Other Digestive diseases | M | _ | _ | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| f | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility, Premature Births, Malformations, etc. | M | 20 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 28 |
| F | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Other violence | M | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other defined diseases | M | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 10 |
| F | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 10 | |
| All causes | M | 25 | — | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 66 |
| F | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 55 | |