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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CANCER 1958 1 959
Total deaths 232 238
Male deaths 125 138
Female deaths 107 100
TABLE 6–CANCER DEATHS 1958 AND 1959 - LOCATION OF THE DISEASE
| Parts of Body Affected | Year | Under 15 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 and upwards | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Buccal Cavity and Pharynx | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 2 |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Digestive Organs and Peritoneum | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 28 |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 34 | |
| Lungs, Bronchus | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | 50 | 7 |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 11 | – | 21 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | – | 62 | 7 | |
| Other Respiratory Organs | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Uterus | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 12 |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 9 | |
| Other Female Genital Organs | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Breast | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 8 | – | 24 |
| 1959 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | 5 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 20 | |
| Male Genital Organs | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | |
| Urinary Organs | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 7 | – | 13 | 1 |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| Leukaemia and Aleukaemla | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| 1959 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | - | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Brain and other parts of Nervous System | 1958 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 1959 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 9 | 4 | |
| Other or Unspecified Organs | 1958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 30 |
| 1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
| TOTALS .. | 1958 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 21 | 125 | 107 |
| 1959 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 32 | 22 | 43 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 138 | 100 | |