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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
Bethnal Green 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 1
CAUSES OF DEATHS
| Causes of Death | under 1 year | 1 to 4 | 5 to 14 | 15 to24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 and over | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| All causes | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 100 | 56 | 95 | 74 | 72 | 123 | 290 | 278 |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 Syphilitic disease | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | - | . | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 Meningococcal infections | - | _ | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | . | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 Measles | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | l | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronocus | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | ||||||||
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 24 | |||||||
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 1 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 31 | |||||||||
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Other heart disease | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 22 Influenza | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 23 Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 16 | ||||||||
| 24 Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 52 | 25 | |||||||
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| ?7 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 2 | 1 | 1 | l | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 28 Nephritis snd nephrosis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth abortion | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 Congenital malformations | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 28 | |||||||
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||
| 34 All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 35 Suicide | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | - | - | ||||||||||||||||