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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 1945
[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 1945
| 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 | 1664 | 81 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 44 | 49 | 89 | 178 | 273 | 409 | 493 | |
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 68 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 13 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 8 | Syphilitic disease | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 9 | Influenza | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Measles | 2 | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Acute Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| 13 | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only) | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Cancer of uterus (females only) | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 |
| lfi | Cancer of breast | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 170 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 25 | 54 | 45 | 39 |
| 17 | Diabetes | 17 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 156 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 26 | 47 | 70 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 428 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 63 | 147 | 169 |
| 20 | Other diseases of the circulalatory system | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 17 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 94 | 2 | 2 | - | - | — | — | 1 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 39 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 61 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 19 | — | — | - | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | 20 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Appendicitis | 4 | — | — | - | I | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 44 | 4 | — | - | - | — | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |
| 28 | Nephritis | 26 | — | — | - | - | I | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | y | |
| 29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | l | 2 | — | - | - | - |
| 31 | Premature birth | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Congenital malformations,birth injury, infantile disease | 40 | 32 | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| 33 | Suicide | 15 | — | — | - | - | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | - |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | 20 | — | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 120 | 1 | — | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 8 |
| 36 | All other causes | 173 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 31 | 69 |
| Special Causes (included in No. 3G above):— | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |