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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
Ilford 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes:-
TABLE II
Causes of, and Ages at. Death during the Year 1942
| Causes of Death | Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 55 years | 55 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 years | 75 years and upwards | |
| ALL CAUSES | 1486 | 74 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 55 | 100 | 156 | 284 | 391 | 365 |
| 1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Cerebro-spinal fever | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 Whooping cough | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 76 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 Other forms of tuberculosis | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 8 Syphilitic disease | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 Influenza | 12 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 Measles | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 Acute Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 Acute infectious encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 13 Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only) | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Cancer of uterus (females only) | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 15 Cancer of breast | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 16 Cancer of all other sites | 185 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 62 | 35 |
| 17 Diabetes | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - |
| 18 Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 135 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 27 | 50 | 48 |
| 19 Heart disease | 299 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 53 | 90 | 112 |
| 20 Other diseases of the circula-latory system | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 |
| 21 Bronchitis | 74 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 22 |
| 22 Pneumonia 23 Other respiratory diseases | 54 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 1 | 2 | 1 2 | 8 2 | 10 4 | 13 8 | 5 8 |
| 24 Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 25 Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 Appendicitis | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | 43 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| 28 Nephritis | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| 29 Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 30 Other maternal causes | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Premature birth | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 32 | 23 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 33 Suicide | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 34 Road traffic accidents | 17 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 35 Other violent causes | 30 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 36 All other causes | 158 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 58 |
| Special Causes (included in No. 36 above):- | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |