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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE I
Causes of Death in Age Groups—1946 (as supplied by Registrar-General)
| Cause of Death | All Ages | Deaths at different periods of life of residents (civilians), whether occurring within or without the district | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5-15 Years | 15-45 Years | 45-65 Years | 65 and Upwards | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1. Typhoid & para-typhoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 4. Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | -_ | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 76 | 46 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 7. Other forms of tuberculosis | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 12 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| 9. Influenza | 9 | 21 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 10. Measles | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 11. Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12. Acute infective encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus (M) uterus (F) | 7 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 32 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 19 | ||
| 15. Cancer of breast | 1 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 14 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 99 | 71 | -_ | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 54 | 38 | |
| 17. Diabetes | 4 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 18. Intracranial vascular lesions | 81 | 104 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 63 | 79 |
| 19. Heart disease | 227 | 217 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | 10 | 59 | 46 | 158 | 161 |
| 20. Other diseases of circulatory system | 37 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 19 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 116 | 55 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 62 | 39 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 46 | 33 | 16 | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 11 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 24. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under two years | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26. Appendicitis | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 28. Nephritis | 9 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 29. Puerperal and post abortive sepsis | - | 4 | - | - | - | _ | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Premature birth | 19 | 17 | 19 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infant diseases | 14 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33. Suicide | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 34. Road Traffic accidents | 15 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 2 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 33 | 16 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |
| 36. All other causes | 109 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 76 | 81 |
| Total | 1025 | 891 | 78 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 91 | 98 | 302 | 191 | 536 | 528 |