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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 1948
[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 1948.
| 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 | 1,518 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 70 | 129 | 265 | 378 | 539 | |
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | Cerebro-Spinal fever | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory svstem | 62 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 7 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8 | Syphilitic disease | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Influenza | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 10 | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 11 | Acute Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only) | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | 1 |
| Cancer of uterus (females only) | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 191 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 51 | 56 | 47 |
| 17 | Diabetes | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 179 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 28 | 60 | 79 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 422 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | 20 | 63 | 121 | 205 |
| 20 | Other diseases of the circulatory system | 74 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 33 35 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 83 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | - | - |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 50 | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 22 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 26 | Appendicitis | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | - | 5 | 10 | |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 29 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | 6 |
| 28 | Nephritis | 21 | - | - | - | -- | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 31 | Premature birth | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile | ||||||||||||
| disease | 32 | 26 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| 33 | Suicide | 25 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | Road Traffic accidents | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 25 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 51 |
| 36 | All other causes | 115 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 18 | - | |
| Special Causes (included in No. 36 above):— _ | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | |