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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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Adenitis 1
Bronchitis 2
Post-auricular abscess 1
Seborrhoeic Eczema 1
Influenza 3
Ringworm 1
Enteritis 2
No evidence of disease 4
275
Cancer.
Cancer deaths, 1946:—
Total Deaths 225
Male 111
Female 114
Classification:—
1946
1945
1944
Carcinoma 209 191 196
Sarcoma 2 3 3
Rodent Ulcer — — 1
Epithelioma 2 4 —
Endothelioma — — 1
Glio-blastoma 3 — —
Unstated 9 7 3
Totals 225 206 203