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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The information given in the table below covers a period of
the last three quinquennia, 1921-1935, inclusive, and shows the
percentage of cancer deaths to total deaths from all causes in
each age group and for each sex, and East Ham deaths as compared
with those for England and Wales.
TABLE 23.
Cancer Deaths—1921-1935—Sex and Age Groups.
| Age Group | Males | Females | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921—25 | 1926—30 | 1931—35 | 1921—25 | 1926—30 | 1931—35 | |||||||
| East Ham | England and Wales | East Ham | England and Wales | East Ham | England and Wales | East Ham | England and Wales | East Ham | England and Wales | East Ham | England and Wales | |
| 0—1 | - | 0.03 | - | 0.04 | 0.3 | 0.06 | - | 0.04 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.5 | 0.07 |
| 1—5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | - | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | 0.5 |
| 5—15 | 1.5 | 0.9 | - | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| 15—25 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | - | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | - | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 25—45 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 11.6 |
| 45—65 | 11.1 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 22.3 | 17.9 | 24.9 | 23.9 | 28.3 | 24.1 | 24.6 | 25.0 |
| 65—75 | 17.7 | 25.5 | 19.5 | 16.7 | 20.3 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 21.3 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 17.5 |
| 75 + | 10.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| Total | 11.2 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 13.7 |