Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Table No. X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1926.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under I year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
All causes | 1302 | 119 | 44 | 39 | 34 | 59 | 144 | 358 | 248 | 257 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 31 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | 19 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Meningococcal meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 91 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | 36 | 28 | 2 | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Cancer, malignant disease | 159 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 72 | 51 | 25 |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 66 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | .. | 26 |
Heart Disease | 188 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 58 | 44 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 60 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 21 | 24 | 14 |
Bronchitis | 83 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | 22 | 36 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 108 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 13 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, &c. | 25 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis.. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Acute and chronic Nephritis | 28 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 49 | 47 | .. | .. | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suicides | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Other deaths from violence | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
Other defined diseases | 237 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 53 | 37 | 83 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |