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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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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Wreek. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes- | Certified | 82 | 22 | 15 | 28 | 147 | 48 | 43 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 478 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Measles | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 |
| Diphtheria: Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 25 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 84 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 13 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 38 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61 |
| Congenital Defects | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 24 | |
| Injury at Birth | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 83 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis.. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Convulsions | - | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 45 | |
| Larnygitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
| Suffocation (overlaying) | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | |
| Other Causes | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 | |
| 82 | 22 | 15 | 28 | 147 | 48 | 43 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 478 | ||
Births in the year-Legitimate, 3613; Illegitimate, 77.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,525.