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East Ham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE III.
Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1913.
Excluding deaths of strangers at the Passmore Edwards Hospital and St. Elizabeth's Home, and adding deaths of East Ham residents known to have occurred outside the Borough.
| Schedule Number. | Causes of Death In East Ham during year ending 31st December, 1913. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents" whether occurring within or without the Borough. | Nett Deaths at all Ages of "Residents" belonging to Wards, whether occurring in or beyond the Borough. | To»nl Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and unwards | Beckton & N. W'wich. | Central East. | Central West | Manor Park. | Plashet East. | Plashet West. | Residents. | Non- Residents. | ||
| I.—General Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Enteric Fever | 2 | _— | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 2 | Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | (A B) Relapsing Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6. Meliterranean Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Small Pox | |||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| c. Doubtful | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Measles | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Scarlet Fever | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — |
| 8 | Whooping Cough | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 9 | (A) Diphtheria | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 10 | — |
| (B C.) Croup | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Membranous Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| c. Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Influenza | 15 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 11 | Miliary Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Asiatic Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Cholera Nostras | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Yellow Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Leprosy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | (A. R. C. D.) Other Epidemic Diseases | |||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| b. German Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| c. Varicella | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 20 | (A. B. C.) Pyæmia Septicæmia | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| b. Septicæmia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| c. Vaccinia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2l | Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Anthrax (Splenic Fever) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Rabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Tetanus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | (A. B.) Mycoses | |||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 26 | Pellagra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Beri-beri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | (A. B.) Pulmonary Tuberculosis (not acute) | |||||||||||||||||
| 88 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 4 | ||
| b. Phthisis (not defined as tuberculous) | 34 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| 29 | (A.) Acute Phthisis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| (B.) Acute Miliary Tuberculosis | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | Tuberculous Meuinsrit's | — | — | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — |
| 31 | (A. B.) Tuberculosis of Peritoneum and Intestin's | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | |||
| 32 | Tuberculosis of Spinal Column | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Tuberculosis of Joints | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Carried forward | 231 | 13 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 38 | 63 | 33 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 49 | 52 | 18 | 46 | 26 | 7 | |