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 Newham]
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D - DEATHS
Deaths of residents who died in the Borough (adjusted)
| Age Group | Male | Female | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | ||
| Under 1 month | 43 | 44 | 33 | 43 | 35 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 36 | 24 | 35 | |
| Over 4 weeks and under 1 year | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 12 | |
| Over 1 and under 5 years | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | |
| 5 to 65 years | 573 | 601 | 536 | 561 | 544 | 484 | 296 | 312 | 300 | 295 | 321 | 26l | |
| Over 65 years | 912 | 901 | 831 | 865 | 962 | 874 | 985 | 958 | 933 | 1042 | 1011 | 1005 | |
| Total - All Age Groups | 1546 | 1572 | 1422 | 1498 | 1562 | 1406 | 1333 | 1315 | 1286 | 1398 | 1371 | 1315 | |
| TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | ||||||||
| Under 1 month | 69 | 69 | 64 | 79 | 59 | 68 | |||||||
| Over 4 weeks and under 1 year | 34 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 22 | |||||||
| Over 1 and under 5 years | 10 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 7 | |||||||
| 5 to 65 years | 869 | 913 | 836 | 856 | 865 | 744 | |||||||
| Over 65 years | 1897 | 1859 | 1764 | 1907 | 1973 | 1880 | |||||||
| Total - All Age Groups | 2879 | 2887 | 2708 | 2896 | 2933 | 2721 | |||||||
| E - NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES | |||||||||||||
| ~ | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | |||||||
| Infective Jaundice | Not notifiable untill | 1968 | 30 | 62 | 111 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 110 | 77 | 59 | 103 | 98 | 80 | |||||||
| Whooping Cough | 99 | 115 | 218 | 96 | 27 | 189 | |||||||
| Measles | 2380 | 1310 | 2277 | 375 | 1575 | 690 | |||||||
| Poliomyelities | (a) Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||
| (b) Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||