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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 3.—DEATHS IN WARDS, 1946.
| Cause of Death. | Manor Park. | Little Ilford. | Wood-grange. | Plashet. | Kensington. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Great -field. | South. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid & para-typhoid fevers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4. Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory System | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 62 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | — | 8 |
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9. Influenza | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 8 |
| 10. Measles | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11. Acute Polio-myelitis and polio tncephalitis | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | I |
| 12. Acute infective encephalitis | — | — | — | – | – | — | — | — | 1 | – | 1 |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) uterus (F) | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| 14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
| 15. Cancer of Breast | 3 | _ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 13 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 142 |
| 17. Diabetes | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 |
| 18. Intracranial vascular lesions | 18 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 116 |
| 19. Heart Disease | 44 | 30 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 23 | 31 | 303 |
| 20. Other diseases of circulatory system | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 54 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 74 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 68 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 24. Ulcer of Stomach & duodenum | 3 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 8 |
| 26. Appendicitis | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| 28. Nephritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 29. Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30. Other maternal causes | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 31. Premature Birth | 2 | 9 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 16 |
| 2 | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 34 | |
| 33. Suicide | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 36. All other causes | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 101 |
| Totals | 140 | 121 | 121 | 88 | 106 | 126 | 119 | 152 | 111 | 128 | 1,212 |