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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE -GROUPS, 1941.
| Cause of Death. | All Ages. | Deaths at different period of life of residents(civilians),whether occurring within or without the district. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5-15 Ye sirs | 15-45 Years | 45-65 Years | 65 and Upwards | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| X.Typhoid and | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| oara-typhoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |||
| 3-Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4,Whooping Oough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5.Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System. | 30 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 2 | |
| 7.Other forms of Tuberculosis. | 9 | 6 | - | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 8.Syphilitic Diseases. | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 9.Influenza | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||
| 10.Me asle s | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11.Acute Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12.Acute infective encephalitis. | 4 | 1 | - | — | -• | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| 13.Cancer of buccal cavity and oseophagus (m) uterus (f) | 9 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 14.Cancer of Stomach and duodenum. | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 17 |
| 15.Cancer of Breast- | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | 6 | |||
| 16.Cancer of all other sites | 73 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 45 | 29 |
| 17.Diabetes | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18.Intracranial vascular lesions. | 56 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 9 | 31 | 44 | 49 |
| 3.9..Heart Disease | 125 | 137 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 88 | 305 | |
| 20.Other Diseases of Circulatory System. | 19 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 312 | 11 | |
| 21.Brcnchitis | 43 | 28 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 19 |
| 22.Pneumonia | 36 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 6 | |
| 23. Other Respiratory Diseases | 9 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 24.Ll.cer of Stomach and duodenum. | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25.Diarrhoea under 2 years | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 26•Appondi c it i s | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| 27. Other Digest ive Dise ase s | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 28.Ivephritis. | 20 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 33.Puerperal and Post abortive sepsis. | 2 . | - | - | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 30.Other Maternal causes | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31.Premature Birth | 24 | 7 | 24 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32.Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases. | 12 | 6 | 11 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 33.Suicide. | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 34.Road Traffic Accidents | 11 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 35.Other violent causes. | 12 5 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 3S.All other causes. | 65 | 40 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 38 | 26 | ||
| TOTALS: | 635 | 522 | 158 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 63 | 179 | 124 | 319 | 302 |
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