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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
East Ham 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR, 1905.
| Causes of Death. | DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF RESIDENTS" WHETHER OCCURRING IN OR BEYOND THE BOROUGH. | Deaths at all ages of "Residents" belonging to the Wards, whether oc- cubrrng in ob beyond the Borough. | Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or non-" Residents "in Public Institutions in the Borough. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Beckton &North Woolwich Ward, | Central East. | Central West. | Manor Park Waid. | Plashet East. | Plashet West, | ||
| Measles | 48 | 7 | 37 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | .. | 11 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Whooping Cough . | 57 | 25 | 30 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 10 | .. |
| Diphtheria & Mem branous Croup | 38 | 4 | 21 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Croup | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 16 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 10 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| EpidemicInfluenza | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Diarrhoea | 97 | 84 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 | .. |
| Enteritis | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Dis | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Phthisis | 106 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 18 | .. |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 52 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 84 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 53 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 133 | 45 | 10 | .. | 1 | 31 | 46 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 20 | .. |
| Pneumonia | 136 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 18 | 30 | 2 |
| Pleurisy | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | I | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Alcoholism | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Venereal Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Premature Birth | 61 | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 5 | .. |
| Diseases and Accidents of Par turition | 13 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Heart Diseases | 111 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 22 | .. |
| Accidents | 36 | 12 | 7 | 4 | .. | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Suicides | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Inanition and Marasmus. . | 67 | 63 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 17 | .. |
| Convulsions | 31 | 24 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | .. |
| Senility | 72 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 72 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 18 | .. |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 23 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | .. |
| Hemiplegia and Apoplexy | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | .. |
| Murder | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| All other causes | 186 | 69 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 31 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 56 | 21 | 26 | 2 |
| All causes | 1525 | 478 | 225 | 81 | 51 | 428 | 262 | 149 | 285 | 298 | 337 | 194 | 262 | 53 |