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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
Battersea 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in Battersea during 1952 The following table is supplied by the Registrar-General:—
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | jl5— | -25— | 45—j | 165— | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.ll Causes ... | M. | 718 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 190 ; | 218 | 235 |
| F | 669 | 10 | l | 4 | 6 | 35 | 116 |] | 184 | 313 | |
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 24 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| F. | 10 | 4 I | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other forms | M. | ? | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| F. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M. | 4 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| F. | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | M. | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||
| F. | – | – | ||||||||
| 5. Whooping cough | M. | |||||||||
| F. | ||||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal infections | M. | – | ||||||||
| F. | 1 | – | – 1 | |||||||
| 7- Ac. polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | M. | – | ||||||||
| F. | -ZLI. | – | ||||||||
| 8. Measles ... | M. | |||||||||
| F. | – I \ | I – | ||||||||
| 9- Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | r= | ||||
| F. | – | – | – | Lz | ||||||
| Cancer of stomach | M. | 21 | – | – | 7 | 8 | 6 | |||
| F. | 22 | – | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | ||||
| Cancer of lung, bronchus | M. | 43 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| F. | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| *2. Cancer of breast | M. | – | – | |||||||
| F. | 21 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Cancer of uterus | M. | – | ||||||||
| F. | 10 | 1 | – 1 | 6 | – 1 | – 1 | ||||
| Cancer of other sites ... | M. | 57 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 17 | |||
| F' I | 56 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 1®- Leukaemia, aleuksemia | M. | 3 I | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| F. | i | 1 | – | – | – | |||||
| Diabetes | M. | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | r= | ||||
| F. | 8 | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 60 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 33 | ||||
| F. | 94 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 45 | |||||
| *8- Coronary disease, angina | M. | 100 | – | 31 | 39 | 30 | ||||
| F. | 73 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 32 | |||||
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||||
| I R | 13 | 1 | I 7 | 5 |