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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

West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Table XVII.Classification by disease groups of patients dischargedfrom or dying in Central Home during 1937.

Table XVII.

Classification by disease groups of patients dischargedfrom or dying in Central Home during 1937.

Men.Women.Children.Total.
Discharged.Died.Discharged.Died.Discharged.Died.Discharged.Died.
1. Infectious diseases————-—--
2. Cancer and other tumours20762896--48172
3. Diseases of circulatory system42735895--100168
4. Diseases of the respiratory system excluding tuberculosis2578429396--550180
5. Pulmonary tuberculosis--------
6. Diseases of digestive system188128--3016
7. Diseases of nervous system and sense organs27201312--4032
8. Diseases of skin————-———
9. Rheumatic diseases, acute and chronic--------
10. Diseases of nutrition--------
11. Diseases of blood and blood - forming organs--------
12. Diseases of genitourinary system152459--2033
13. Non-tuberculous disease of bones, etc.--------
14. Non-pulmonary tuberculosis--------
15. Diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium--------
16. Diabetes--------
17. Old age, senility and senile decay8921234151--123363
18. Congenital malformations--------
19. Diseases of early infancy--------
20. Violence————-———
21. Ill-defined causes--------
22. Convalescence————————
Totals468497443467——911964

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