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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
Walthamstow 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Causes of and Ages at Death during the year 1924.
Whole District and Wards.
Causes of Death
Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents"
whether occurring within or without the district
Wards
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
45 years
45 and under
65 years
65 and upwards
St. James Street
High Street
Hoe Street
Wood Street
Hale End
Higham Hill
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Causes and agdes Death during the year 1924.
Whole District and Wales.
| Causes of Death | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district | Wards | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards | St. James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | |
| No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| 1 | Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Measles | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Whooping Cough | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 6 | Diphtheria | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 7 | Influenza | 42 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| 9 | Meningococcal Meningitis | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10 | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 122 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 31 | 52 | 29 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 25 |
| 11 | Other Tuberculous Diseases | 18 | 3 | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Cancer, malignant disease | 153 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 13 | 77 | 60 | 37 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 28 |
| 13 | Rheumatic Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 14 | Diabetes | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 67 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 25 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| 16 | Heart Disease | 171 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 17 | 55 | 93 | 33 | 26 | 42 | 27 | 23 | 20 |
| 17 | Arterio-sclerosis | 16 | - | - | - | - _ | - | - | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 18 | Bronchitis | 159 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 33 | 106 | 31 | 30 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 28 |
| 19 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 128 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 17 |
| 20 | Other Respiratory Diseases | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 23 | Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 15 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 24 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 25 | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 40 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | - |
| 26 | Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 27 | Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 55 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 29 | Suicide | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Other Deaths from Violence | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 31 | Other Defined Diseases | 200 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 46 | 88 | 27 | 28 | 46 | 37 | 23 | 39 |
| 32 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Special Causes (included above) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 1340 | 146 | 44 | 27 | 37 | 74 | 161 | 369 | 482 | 253 | 215 | 279 | 202 | 169 | 222 | |