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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

Wanstead and Woodford 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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Table: Materanal Mortality

Materanal Mortality

Abortion with SepsisOther AbortionComplication of PregnancySepsis of Childbirth and the PueperiumOther
England and Wales0.070.060.200.090.30
Wanstead and Woodford————1.31

Table: Causesof Death as given by the Registrar-General, 1952

Causesof Death as given by the Registrar-General, 1952

Causes of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1.Tuberculosis (Respiratory)6410
2. Other forms of Tuberculosis-–-
3. Syphilitic Disease2-2
4. Diphtheria---
5.Whooping Cough-11
6.Meningocecal Infections–--
7.Acute Poliomyelitis---
8.Measles1-1
9.Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases112
10.Malignant Neoplasm—Stomach61622
11.Malignant Neoplasm—Lung and Bronchus23730
12.Mlalignant Neoplasm—Breast-1111
13. Malignant Neoplasm—Uterus-44
14.Malignant Neoplasm—Others283260
15. Leukæmia–22
16 Diabetes156
17.Vascular Lesions—Nervous System345488
18. Coronary Disease, Angina622183
19.Hypertension with Heart Disease7714
20. Other Heart Disease4365108
21.Other Circulatory Disease111526
22. Influenza–22
23. Pneumonia191029
24.Bronchitis302353
25.Other Respiratory Diseases426
26. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum5611
27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea112
28. Nephritis and Nephrosis224
29Hyperplasia of Prostate5-5
30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion-11
31 Congenital Malformations112
32. Other Diseases263864
33. Motor Vehicle Accidents4-4
34.All Other Accidents4610
35. Suicide3-3
36. Homicide and Operations of War---
Totals, 1952329337666
Totals, 1951329339668