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East Ham 1948

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

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Table 2.—CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS, 1948, AND TOTAL DEATHS FOR 1944-1848.

Cause.Deaths at different periods of life of residents (civilians) whether occurring within or without the district.Institutional DeathsTotal deaths for the years
All Ages.Under l Year.1—5 Years.5—15 Years.15—45 Years.45—65 Years.65 and Upwards.Total deaths in Instns.19481947194619451944
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1.Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers1
2.Cerebro-Spinal Fever1111111
3.Scarlet Fever
4.Whooping Cough111111231
5.Diphtheria313
6.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System3724115171656119186175625261
7.Other forms of Tuberculosis83122411731178914
8.Syphilitic Diseases6251115187855
9.Influenza111111212842
10.Measles211121
11.Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis1111121
12.Acute infective Encephalitis1111111
13.Cancer of the Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (M) Uterus (F)6721253241315261613
14.Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum211732661297113846364445
15.Cancer of Breast121511151112222211727
16.Cancer of all other sites844544331747244823129153142129118
17.Diabetes1631357157416
18.Intracranial Vascular Lesions41661191131541631107146116110125
19.Heart Disease17616224242141321396752338360303286314
20.Other Diseases of Circulatory System28291244212510125743545834
21.Bronchitis462011163291614366115747566
22.Pneumonia1926361118371513144570686859
23.Other Respiratory Diseases8121231256682022192012
24.Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum843153731215151722
25.Diarrhoea (under 2 years)12121239872
26.Appendicitis11117664
27.Other Digestive Diseases1319114481412143239223023
28.Nephritis17104254841472723191621
29.Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis111124
30.Other Maternal causes1111122
31.Premature Birth9696751517161319
32.Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases14161112123112113032342323
33.Suicide643223110101286
34.Road traffic accidents6411131126210147165
35.Other violent causes1171331466418221667142
36.AH other causes423911113156414281625258192101130125
TOTALS6175552929457653591671103573463122681,1721,4001,2121,2351,316