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 East Ham]
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| Schedule Number. | Causes of Death in East Ham during year ending 31st December, 1910. | Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the Borough. | Deaths at all Ages of Residents" belonging to Wards, whether occurring in or beyond the Borough | Total Deaths in Public institutions in the Borough. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Beckton .& N. W'wich. | Central East. | Central West. | Manor Park. | Plashet East. | Plashet West. | Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||
| 1 | Small Pox | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Vaccinated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (b) Unvaccinated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (c) No Statement | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | Measles | 12 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Epidemic Influenza | 17 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| C | whooping Cough | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 7 | Diphtheria and Memb Croup | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | - |
| 8 | Enteric Fever | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Asiatic Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 48 | 42 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | - | 4 |
| 11 | Epidemic Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Other Allied Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Glanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Tetanus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Syphilis | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Gonorrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 22 | Puerperal Fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | Pyaemia | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 24 | Infective Endocarditis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 26 | Malarial Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | Rheumatic Fever | 10 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 28 | Rheumatism of Heart | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 29 | Tuberculosis of Brain | 28 | 5 | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 30 | Tuberculosis of Larynx | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 31 | Tuberculosis of Lungs | 111 | - | 3 | 4 | 18 | 80 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 2 | - |
| 32 | Abdominal Tuberculosis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | General Tuberculosis | 13 | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 6 |
| 34 | Other forms Tuberculosis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 36 | Thrush | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | Actinomycosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 38 | Hydatid Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 39 | Scurvy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | Ptomaine-Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 41 | Acute Alcoholism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 42 | Chronic Alcoholism | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 41 | Other Chronic Poisonings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | Osteo-arthritis. | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 46 | Gout | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 47 | Cancer | 93 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 55 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 21 | - | - |
| 48 | Diabetes Mellitus | 11 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| Carried forward | 439 | 75 | 63 | 27 | 28 | 187 | 59 | 43 | 90 | 84 | 76 | 60 | 80 | 13 | 29 | |