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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 3.—Ward Distribution of Deaths, and Ward Dhath-Rate. 1935
| Cause of death. | Wards. | Total. | Deaths in Institutions. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Park. | Little Ilford. | Wood-grange. | Plashet. | Kensington. | Castle | Central. | Wall End. | Great-field. | South. | ||||
| 1. | Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fevers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Measles | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| 5. | Diphtheria | — | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 |
| 6. | Influenza | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 14 | 2 |
| 7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 9 |
| 8. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 9. | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 8 | 7 | - | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 80 | 48 |
| 10. | Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 11. | Syphilis | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 12. | General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 13. | Cancer | 19 | 31 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 205 | 102 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 2 | — | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| 15. | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 82 | 50 |
| 16. | Heart Disease | 51 | 33 | 46 | 45 | 36 | 31 | 46 | 41 | 30 | 32 | 391 | 156 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 2 |
| 18. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 10 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 14 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 8 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 91 | 39 |
| 21. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | — | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | - |
| 22. | Peptic Ulcer | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 9 | 9 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | — | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| 26. | Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | — | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 5 |
| 27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 22 |
| 28. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 21 |
| 29. | Puerperal Sepsis | — | — | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 30. | Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 31. | Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | - | 6 | 51 | 25 |
| 32. | Senility | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 19 | 9 |
| 33. | Suicide | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 8 |
| 34 | Other violence | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 29 |
| 35 | Other defined causes | 12 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 109 | 60 |
| 36 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 155 | 165 | 107 | 153 | 117 | 138 | 152 | 163 | 110 | 128 | 1,388 | 682 | |
| Rates (Census population for Wards) | 11.1 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 10.2 | — | |