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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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| Cause of Death | Mano???Park | ??? | ??? | Pla- ahet | Ken-sing t on. | Castle | Central | Wall End | Great-field | South | Tata. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and para-typhoid fevers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — |
| 2 Cerebro- spinal. Fever | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | – | – | – | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 4 Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | |
| 5.Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6.Tuberculosis of resoirotary System | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | *7 | 80 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 8 Syphilitic Diseases | 1 | – | 1 | _ | .– | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 9.Influenza | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 27 | |
| 10.Measles | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 11.Acute Poliomyelitis and polioonccphalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12. Acute infective encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity & oseophagus (M)uterus(p) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 14 |
| 11.Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum... | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 50 |
| 15. Cancer of Breast | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 16.Cancer of all other sites | 16 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 130 |
| 17.Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 8 |
| 18.Intracranial vascular lesions | 13 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 110 |
| 19.Heart disease . | 34 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 237 |
| 20.Other diseases of circulatory system | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 34 |
| 21.Bronchitis. | 13 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 99 |
| 22.Pneumonia | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 75 |
| 23.Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |
| 24. Ulcer of Stomach and duodenum | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | 18 |
| 25,Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 11 | ||
| 26.Appendicitis | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 | |
| 27.Other digestive Diseases | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | 21 | ||
| 28.Nephritis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| 29. Puerperal and Post abortive Sepsis | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | |
| 30. Other maternal causes | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 31. Premature Birth | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 32.Congenital Malformation birth injury infantile diseases | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 33.Suicide | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 11 10 32 |
| 34. Road. Traffic Accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| 35. Other violent causes 36.All other | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| cAUSES | 18 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 131 |
| totals | 163 | 152 | 123 | 105 | 84 | 109 | 132 | 114 | 113 | 139 | 1232 |