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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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T able XX.
Quinquennial death rates.
| Period | No. of deaths (West Ilam) | Crude death rate per 1,000 living | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Persons | West Ham | England and Wales | |||||
| Males | Females | Persons | Males | Fe-males | Persons | ||||
| 1877-1880 | - | - | 8,448 | - | - | 17.9 | 22.1 | 19.5 | 20.8 |
| 1881-1885 | - | - | 14,248 | - | - | 19.8 | 20.5 | 18.3 | 19.4 |
| 1886-1890 | - | - | 16,145 | - | - | 17.7 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 18.9 |
| 1891-1895 | - | - | 21,218 | — | — | 19.4 | 19.8 | 17.7 | 18.7 |
| 1896-1900 | - | - | 23,844 | — | — | 19.1 | 18.8 | 16.6 | 17.7 |
| 1901-1905 | 12,452 | 11,120 | 23,572 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 16.0 |
| 1906-1910 | 11,262 | 10,332 | 21,594 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 14.7 |
| 1911-1915 | 11,798 | 10,421 | 22.219 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 14.3 |
| 1916-1920 | 11,505 | 10,161 | 21,666 | 16.6 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
| 1921-1925 | 9,690 | 8,557 | 18,247 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 12.1 |
| 1926-1930 | 9,217 | 8,198 | 17,415 | 12.2 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 12.1 |
| 1931-1935 | 8,670 | 7,497 | 16,167 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 12.0 |
Causes of death. The causes of death at all ages and at
different periods of life are given in Table XXI., as supplied by
the Registrar-General. The chief causes of death in order of
importance were as follows (the figures in brackets indicate the
percentage of all deaths during the year):—Heart diseases, 787
(25.3); cancer or other malignant disease, 387 (12.5); pneumonia,
250 (8.0); tuberculosis of respiratory system, 203 (6.5); cerebral
haemorrhage, 183 (5.9); bronchitis, 146 (4.7); arterial diseases,
118 (3.8).
The statistics of these diseases are discussed in greater
detail later in this section.
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