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East Ham 1949

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

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Table4.—CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS, 1949, AND TOTAL DEATHS FOR 1945-1949. 20a

Cause.Deaths at different periods of life of residents (civilians) whether occurring within or without the district.Institutional DeathsTotal deaths for the years
A11 Ages.Under l Year.1—5 Years.5—15 Years.15—4,5 Years.45—65 Years.65 and Upwards.Total deaths in Instns.
19491948194719461945
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1.Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers
2.Cerebro-Spinal Fever1—1———————————1—111_1
3.Scarlet Fever—————————————————————
4.Whooping Cough—————————————————23——
5.Diphtheria11——11————————112—8—1
6.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System3011——————981833—1134161756252
7.Other forms of Tuberculosis21——————111—__21311789
8.Syphilitic Diseases51————————213—2168785
9.Influenza108——————114—57211821284
10.Measles—1—1—_————____—112__1
11.Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis1—————1———————1—1121—
12.Acute infective Encephalitis—————————————————111—
13.Cancer of the Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (M) Uterus (F)611————————2546341713152616
14.Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum2919——————1—108181116124838468644
15.Cancer of Breast—19———————1—8—10—111922222117
16.Cancer of all other sites10255——————85382456265629157129153142129
17.Diabetes38————————1226241171574
18.Intracranial Vascular Lesions5476————————81546612425130107146116110
19.Heart Disease207192————1—9742341551516254399338360303286
20.Other Diseases of Circulatory System2942———————1104193714157157435458
21.Bronchitis5636—1————1—10345328892661157475
22.Pneumonia423272—2——31103222427197445706868
23.Other Respiratory Diseases810—1—————56123531820221920
24.Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum113——————1—61421031412151517
25.Diarrhoea (under 2 years)2121——————————2133987
26.Appendicitis12———1——————111231766
27.Other Digestive Diseases116———•———1122831051732392230
28.Nephritis58—1—————12234141327231916
29.Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis—————————————————11—2
30.Other Maternal causes_—3———————3—————33112—
31.Premature Birth4545__———__———45915171613
32.Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases161514711—11——5—11143130323428
33.Suicide44——————1—23112181010128
34.Road traffic accidents73——————41211162101014716
35.Other violent causes15101—1———517—191072518221667
36.All other causes4651——11128—61030382620978192101130
TOTALS7086342919463354371891354294343202491,3421,1721,4001,2121,235