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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: TABLE 3.—Deaths in Wards, 1945.

TABLE 3.—Deaths in Wards, 1945.

Cause of Death.Manor Park.Little Ilford.Wood-grange.Plashet.Kensington.Castle.Central.Wall End.Great-field.South.Total.
1. Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers———————————
2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever—1————-————1
3. Scarlet Fever————————-———
4. Whooping Cough—————————-——
5. Diphtheria——————1———1
6. Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System8563105345352
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis12—12111——9
8. Syphilitic Diseases—112——- ——1—5
9. Influenza——1——1———24
10. Measles—————1————1
11. Acute Polio-Myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis———————————
12. Acute infective Encephalitis———————————
13. Cancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (M.) Uterus (F.)—711—1112216
14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum—75734841544
15. Cancer of Breast132312221—17
16. Cancer of all other sites171818101312121379129
17. Diabetes————.—111—14
18. Intracranial Vascular Lesions91111131061118129110
19. Heart Disease35242332282724353127286
20. Other Diseases of Circulatory System576575835758
21. Bronchitis11766748781175
22. Pneumonia1185777595468
23. Other Respiratory Diseases5—21—2323220
24. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum111312—22417
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years)113——1———17
26. Appendicitis—1——1—11116
27. Other Digestive Diseases411224536230
28. Nephritis412—231—1216
29. Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis——11——————2
30. Other maternal causes———————————
31. Premature Birth—2—3212—3—13
32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases242151—42223
33. Suicide1——1—2—1128
34. Road traffic accidents221—233—1216
35. Other violent causes315251914313567
36. All other causes151612136131615816130
Totals1361311151171111281301291191191,235