Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in the County Borough
of West Ham during 1925.
Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages | 0— | 1— | 2- | 5— | 15— | 25- | 45— | 65- | 75— |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ALL CAUSES | M | 1,799 | 266 | 74 | 58 | 61 | 90 | 247 | 452 | 329 | 222 |
F | 1,629 | 197 | 55 | 60 | 50 | 91 | 182 | 389 | 262 | 343 | |
1 Enteric Fever | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
2 Small-pox | M | ||||||||||
F | |||||||||||
3 Measles | M | 20 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | |||||
F | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
4 Scarlet Fever | M | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
F | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||
5 Whooping Cough | M | 36 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||
F | 45 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 1 | .. | |||||
6 Diphtheria | M | 7 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | ||||
F | 11 | .. | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
7 Influenza | M | 27 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
F | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | ||
8 Encephalitis Lethargica | M | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | ||
F | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
9 Meningococcal Meningitis | M | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
10 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System.. | M | 191 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 37 | 84 | 57 | 6 | 1 |
F | 118 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 48 | 39 | 24 | 2 | 1 | |
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 39 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
F | 26 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
12 Cancer, Malignant Disease | M | 172 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 79 | 63 | 20 |
F | 186 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 28 | 89 | 44 | 24 | |
13 Rheumatic Fever | M | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
F. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | ||
14 Diabetes | M | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
F | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | ||
15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc | M | 72 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 22 | 28 | 19 |
F | 77 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | 24 | 28 | |
16 Heart Disease | M | 174 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 63 | 53 | 27 |
F | 237 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | 22 | 77 | 63 | 61 | |
17 Arterio-sclerosis | M | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 22 | 19 |
F | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 13 | 17 | |
18 Bronchitis | M | 158 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 | 29 | 49 | 56 |
F | 167 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 25 | 43 | 83 | |
19 Pneumonia, all forms | M | 189 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 43 | 17 | 15 |
F | 166 | 37 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 16 | 21 | |
20 Other Respiratory Diseases | M | 14 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
F | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
21 Ulcer of Stomach, or Duodenum | M | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 9 | 7 | |
F | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | |||
22 Diarrhœa, &c. | M | 56 | 45 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
F | 48 | 36 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
23 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | M | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
F | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | ||||
24 Cirrhosis of Liver | M | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
F | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
25 Acute and Chronic Nephritis | M | 64 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 8 |
F | 51 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 4 | |
26 Puerperal Sepsis | M | ||||||||||
F | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||||
27 Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | M | ||||||||||
F | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | ||||
28 Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | M | 80 | 78 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
F | 65 | 63 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
29 Suicide | M | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
F | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
30 Other Deaths from Violence | M | 98 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 4 |
F | 29 | 7 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
31 Other defined Diseases | M | 254 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 49 | 47 | |
F | 227 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 25 | 83 | |
32 Causes ill-defined or unknown | M | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
F | 1 | .. | 1 |