Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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DEATHS IN WARDS - 1942.
Cause of Be at h. | Mancr Park | Little Dfrrti | Wood-j grange | Pla-shet | Ken-sington. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Greatfield | South | Total |
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1.Typhoid and para-typhoid Fevers. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
2»Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
3.Soarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4 .Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5.Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
6.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 4 | 11 | 7 | - | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | - | 53 |
7.Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 15 |
8.Syphilitic diseases. | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
9oInfluenza. | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
10,Measlea | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | 2 |
11 .Acute Poliomyelitis & polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12. Acute infective encephalitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
13. Canoer of buccal cavity and oseophagus (M) uterus (F) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
14.Cancer of Stomach & duodenum | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 52 |
15.Cancer of Breast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
16.Cancer Of all other sites | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 128 |
17.Diabetes | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
19.Intracranial vascular lesions. | 13 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 116 |
19. He art Disease | 30 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 262 |
20.other Diseases of circulatory system | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 35 | |
21.Bronchitis | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 71 |
22.Pneumonia | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 55 |
23.Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 16 |
24. Ulcer ofSfcanach & duodenum | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 11 |
25.Diarrhoea under 2 years | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 13 |
26.Appendicitis | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
27. Other digestive Diseases. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 23 |
28.Nephritis. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
29.Puerperal and Post-abortive sepsis. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
30.Other maternal causes. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
Sl.Premture Birth | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31 18 |
32-.Congenital Malformations, birth injury infantile diseases. | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | |
33.Suicide. | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 8 14 17 105 |
34.Road Traffic accidents. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | |
35. Other violent causes. | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
36.All other causes | 11 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | S | 9 | |
TOTALS: | 131 | 140 | 126 | 101. | 93 | 121 | 133 | 116 | 99 | 97 | 1,157 |