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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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APPENDIX 1.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS - 1949. (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. | Cerebco-spinal fever | l | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | WhoopiCough | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 5. | Diphtheria | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 53 | 32 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 20 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| 7. | Other forms of tuberculosis | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. | Syphilitic diseases | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 9. | Influenza | 20 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |
| 10. | Measles | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11. | Acute Polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12. | Acute Infective encephalitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 13. | Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus (M) uterus (F) | 11 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 35 | 25 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 20 | ||||
| 15. | Cancer of Breast | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 10 | — | 13 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 143 | 65 | - | - | • | 1 | - | - | 11 | 7 | 65 | 25 | 67 | 32 |
| 17. | Diabetes | 4 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 18. | Intracranial vascular lesions | 75 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 75 |
| 19. | Heart disease | 295 | 292 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 16 | 85 | 41 | 196 | 235 | ||
| 20. | Other diseases of circulatory system | 39 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | • | - | - | 11 | 8 | 28 | 28 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 118 | 60 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 74 | 40 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 52 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 27 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | l | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 24. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 7 | 2 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea under two years | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26. | Appendi cltls | 5 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | • | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 25 | 17 | l | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 8 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
| 28. | NephritiS | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 29. | Puerperal and post abortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 30. | Other naternal causes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | - |
| 31. | Prenature birth | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32. | Congenital Malformations birth injury infant diseases | 23 | 19 | 19 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 33. | Su1CIds | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | — | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| 34. | Road Traffic Accidents | 8 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 36. | All other causes | 57 | 54 | - | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 33 |
| TOTAL | 1069 | 873 | 46 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 83 | 325 | 179 | 584 | 569 | |