London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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DEATHS IN WARDS.
| Cauuse of Death. | Manor Park | Little ???ford | Woodgrange | Pla shet | Kensing ton. | Castle | Cen tra1. | Wall End. | Great field | South | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Typhoid & Pera Typhoid Fevers | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | |
| 3.Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4.Whooping Cough | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | _ | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| 5.Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| 6.Influenza | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| 7.Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | _ | 1 | - | _ | - | - | 1 | |
| 8.Cerebrospinal Fever | _ | - | - | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 9.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 6 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 71 |
| 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases. | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 11. Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 12.General Paralysis of the Insane Tabes Dorsalis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 13. Cancer | 31 | 28 | 26 | 34 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 235 |
| 14.Diabetes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 63 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 35 | 39 | 37 | 41 | 33 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 26 | 46 | 361 |
| 17. Aneurysm | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 18. Other Circulatory Diseases. | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | |
| 19. Bronchitis | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 48 | |
| 20.Pneumonia (all forms.). | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 64 |
| 21.Other Respiratory Diseases. | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 15 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 23.Diarrhoea, etc. | 1 | 4 | - | _ | - | - | 4 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
| 24.Appendicitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| 26.Other diseases of Liver, etc. | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 9 |
| 27.0ther digestive diseases. | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 28.Acute & Chronic Nephritis. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
| 29.Puerperal Sepsis. | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| 30.Other Puerperal Causes. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 31.Congenital D???bility Prematura Birth, Malformations,etc. | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 45 |
| 32.Senility | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 75 | |
| 33.Suicide | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 34.Other Violence | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 45 | |
| 35.Other defined Causes. | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 97 | |
| Causes | |||||||||||
| 36. Ill-defined or unknown. | - | _ | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | ||
| TOTALS: | 152 | 136 | 158 | ll4 | 134 | l20 | 146 | 114 | 156 | 1400 |