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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CAUSES OP DEATH IN AGE-GROUPS. 1943.
| 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 year | 5-15 Years | 15-45 Years | 45-65 Years | 65 and Upward | |||||||||
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3.Scarlet Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4.Whooping Cough | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5.Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System. | 46 | 34 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 7.Other forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases. | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – |
| 9.Influenza | 9 | 18 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 10. Measles | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11.Acute Polio-myelitis and Polk)-encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12Acute Infective encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13.Cancer of buccal cavity and oseophagus (M) uterus (F) | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 9 | 2 |
| 14.Cancer of Stomach and | ||||||||||||||
| duodenum | 33 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
| 15.Cancer of Breast | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 16.Cancer of all other sates | 81 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 44 | 25 |
| 17.Diabetes | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 18.Intracranial vascular lesions. | 57 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 16 | 12 | 41 | 40 |
| 19.Heart Disease | 132 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 86 | 77 |
| 20.Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 17 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 |
| 21.Bronchitis | 59 | 40 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 38 | 32 |
| 22.Pneumonia | 45 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |
| 23.Other Respiratcry Diseases | 12 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | 5 |
| 24.Ulcer of Stomach and | ||||||||||||||
| duodenum. | 13 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | r, I 3 | |
| 25.Diarrhoea under 2 years | 8 . | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | _ | – | – | – | – | W | |
| 26.Appendicitis | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | ||
| 27.Other Digestiva Diseases | 9 | 112 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 23.Nephritis. | 8 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 29.Puerperal and Post | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||
| abortive sepsis | ||||||||||||||
| 30 j Other Maternal causes | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | – | – |
| 31.Premature Birth | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 32.Congenital malforma | ||||||||||||||
| tions, birth injury, | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| infantile diseases | ||||||||||||||
| 33.Suicide, | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 34.Road Traffic Accidents | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 35.Other violent causes. | 20 | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 36.A11 other causes. | 84 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 23 . ...... |
| TOTALS | 706 | 527 | 55 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 63 | 76 | 214 | 122 | 363 | £81 |