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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 1910
[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 December 31st 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. | Beck ton & N. W.wich. | Central East. | Central West. | Manor Park. | Plashet East. | Plashet West. | Residents. | Non. Residents. | ||
| Brought forward | 1267 | 300 | 120 | 43 | 55 | 437 | 312 | 124 | 213 | 266 | 262 | 184 | 218 | 14 | 35 | |
| 1KB | Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 133 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 134 | Ulcer, Bedsore | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 135 | Eczema | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 136 | Pemphigus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 137 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 138 | In Mines and Quarries | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 139 | In Vehicular Traffic | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 140 | On Railways | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 141 | On Ships. Boats, &c. (not drowning) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 142 | In Building Operations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 113 | By Machinery | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 144 | By Weapons and Implements | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 145 | Burns and scalds | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - |
| 146 | Poisons, Poisonous Vapours | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 147 | Surgical Narcosis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 148 | Effects of Electric Shock | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 149 | Corrosions by Chemicals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 150 | Drowning | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 151 | Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 152 | Otherwise | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 153 | Falls, not specified | 9 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| l54 | Weather Agencies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 155 | Otherwise, not stated | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| l06 | Homicide | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 157 | By Poison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 158 | By Asphyxia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 159 | By Hanging and Strangulation | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 164 | By Drowning | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 161 | By Shooting | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 162 | By Cut or Stab | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 163 | By Precipitation from Elevated Places | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 164 | By Crushing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 165 | By other and unspecified methods | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 166 | Execution | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 167 | Sudden Death, cause not ascertained | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 168 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| Total | 1330 | 312 | 126 | 30 | 58 | 467 | 317 | 132 | 223 | 279 | 275 | 192 | 229 | 19 | 36 | |