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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The hospitals to which the 267 patients suffering from Infectious diseases were admitted are named below
| Name of Hospital. | No. of cases admitted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaistow Hospital, Samson Street, E.13 | 136 | ||||
| East Ham Memorial Hospital, E.7. | 11 | ||||
| Aldersbrook Maternity Hospital, E.ll. | 1 | ||||
| Ilford Isolation Hospital, Chadwell Heath. | 42 | ||||
| King George Hospital, Ilford | 2 | ||||
| Chingford Isolation Hospital, E.4. | 21 | ||||
| Wanstead Hospital, Hermon Hill, E.ll. | 1 | ||||
| Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, E.ll. | 5 | ||||
| Waltham Abbey Isolation Hospital, Waltham Cross | 1 | ||||
| Eastern Fever Hospital, Homerton, E.9. | |||||
| St. Ann's Hospital, N.15. | 6 | ||||
| Rush Green Hospital, Romford | 10 | ||||
| North Middlesex Hospital, N.18. | 1 | ||||
| St. Andrew's Hospital, Bow, E.3. | 3 | ||||
| Brook. Hospital, Shooters Hill, S.E.18. | 1 | ||||
| Park Hospital, Hither Green, S.E.13. | 1 | ||||
| St. George's Hospital, Hornchurch | 1 | ||||
| Total | |||||
| CANCER. | |||||
| Deaths, 1950:- | |||||
| Total death | 239 | ||||
| Male deaths | 120 | ||||
| Female deaths | 119 | ||||
TABLE 9. - CANCER DEATHS - LOCATION OF THE DISEASE
| Ages | Under 15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75 & upwards | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Buccal cavity & pharynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 |
| Digestive organs & peritoneum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 13 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 58 |
| Lungs, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 16 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 9 |
| Other respiratory organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 11 |
| Other female genital organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 6 |
| Breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 11 | - | 4 | - | |
| Male genital organs | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Urinary organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | 4 | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | |
| Skin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Brain & other parts of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Other or unspecified organs | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Totals | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 48 | 40 | 15 | 36 | 120 | 119 |