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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE-GROUPS, 1940.
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| Cause of Death. | All Ages. | Deaths at different periods of life of residents (civilians), whether occurring within or without the district. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year | 1 - 5 Years | 5 - 15 Years | 15 - 45 Years. | 45 - 65 Years. | 65 and Upwards | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 1. Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | - | — | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System. | 54 | 34 | - | - | — | - | - | - | 32 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 5 | 8 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases. | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 9. Influenza | 6 | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Acute Polio-myelitis and Polioencephalitis. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12. Acute infective encephalitis | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 13. Cancer of baccal cavity and oseophagus (M) uterus (F) | 16 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 14. Cancer of Stomach and duodenum | 14 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 15. Cancer of Breast | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 71 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 33 |
| 17. Diabetes | 5 | 5 | 1 | ' 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| 18. Intracianial vascular lesions | 57 | 77 | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 4 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 37 | 56 |
| 19. Heart Disease | 200 | 193 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 37 | 134 | 150 |
| 20. Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 18 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 86 | 49 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 46 | 30 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 55 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 18 |
| 23. Other Respiratory | ||||||||||||||
| Diseases | 9 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 24. Ulcer of Stomach and duodenum | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | - |
| 25. Diarrhoea under two years. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26. Appendicitis | 5 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | 19 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 - | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 28. Nephritis | 14 | 12 | - | - | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 29. Puerperal &Post abortive sepsis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 30. Other natural causes. | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Premature birth | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32. Congenital mal- formations, birth injury, infantile diseases. 33. Suicide | 8 | 13 | 8 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | 6 | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | ||||||
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents. | 17 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| 35. Other violent causes | 127 | 118 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 53 | 45 | 33 | 27 | 20 |
| 36. All other causes. | 70 | 64 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 40 |
| TOTAL. | 894 | 790 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 135 | 122 | 282 | 201 | 416 | 412 |
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