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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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DEATHS IN WARDS - 1941.
| Cause of Death | ??? Park | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | Central | Wall End | Great-field | South | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and para-typhoid Fevers. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping; Cough | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 1 | l | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 6. Tuberculosis, of Respiratory System | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 78 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 8 |
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| 9. Influenza | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 10, Measles | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12. Acute Infective encephalitis | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oseophagus (M) uterus(F) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 15 |
| 14. Cancer of Stomach and duodenum | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 |
| 15. Cancer of Breast | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 16 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 104 |
| 17. Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 14 |
| 18. Intracranial vascular lesions | 14 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 124 |
| 19. Heart Disease | 37 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 21 | 29 | 292 |
| 20. Other,diseases of circulatory system | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 47 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 62 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | - | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 45 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 18 |
| 24. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under two years | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 26. Appendicitis | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 28. Nephritis | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 |
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30. other Maternal causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | -- | - | 1 |
| 31. Premature Birth | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 32. Congenital Mal formations, birth injury infantile diseases | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 14 |
| 33. Suicide. | 2 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 34. Road Traffic accidents | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 13 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 11 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 19 | 186 |
| 36. All other causes | 16 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 93 |
| TOTAL: | 163 | 196 | 126 | 114 | 130 | 86 | 120 | 131 | 114 | 116 | 1,296 |
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