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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 2.—CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS, 1946, AND TOTAL DEATHS FOR 1942-1946.
| Deaths at different periods of life of residents (civilians) whether occurring within or without the district. | Institutional Deaths | Total deaths for the years | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year. | 1—5 Years. | 5—15 Years. | 15—45 Years. | 45—65 Years. | 65 and Upwards. | All Ages. | Total deaths in Instns. | 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 | |||||||||
| M | F | 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 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 4. Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 5. Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory | |||||||||||||||||||||
| System | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 17 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 62 | 52 | 61 | 80 | 53 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 15 |
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | – | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| 9. Influenza | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 5 |
| 10. Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 11. Acute Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 12. Acute infective Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 |
| 13. Cancer of the Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (M) Uterus (F) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 24 |
| 14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 44 | 45 | 50 | 52 |
| 15. Cancer of Breast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | 11 | – | 21 | – | 7 | 21 | 17 | 27 | 19 | 14 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 74 | 68 | 49 | 41 | 142 | 129 | 118 | 130 | 128 |
| 17. Diabetes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 12 |
| 18. Intracranial Vascular Lesions | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 29 | 22 | 116 | 110 | 125 | 110 | 116 |
| 19. Heart Disease | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 37 | 31 | 118 | 109 | 161 | 142 | 59 | 44 | 303 | 286 | 314 | 237 | 262 |
| 20. Other Diseases of Circulatory System | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 54 | 58 | 34 | 34 | 35 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 49 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 74 | 75 | 66 | 99 | 71 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 11 | 7 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 40 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 68 | 68 | 59 | 75 | 55 |
| 23. Other Respiratory Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 16 |
| 24. Ulcer of Stomach & Duodenum | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 9 | 2 | 2 | – | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 11 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 26. Appendicitis | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 23 |
| 28. Nephritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | . 2 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 28 |
| 29. Puerperal and Post - abortive Sepsis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 30. Other Maternal causes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31. Premature Birth | 5 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 31 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 24 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 27 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 18 |
| 33. Suicide | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 6 | – | 7 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| 35. Other violent causes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | __– | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 67 | 142 | 32 | 17 |
| 36. All other causes | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 36 | 54 | 47 | 42 | 36 | 101 | 130 | 125 | 131 | 105 |
| TOTALS | 47 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 51 | 185 | 130 | 359 | 337 | 660 | 552 | 365 | 255 | 1,212 | 1,235 | 1,316 | 1,232 | 1,157 |