London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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The number of Still Births registered was 28 (12 males - 16 females), which is equivalent to a rate of 20.91 per 1,000 total births, an increase of 2.77 over that of 1954.
| No. in Short List. | Causes or Death | Sex | Deaths at subjoined Ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and over. | |||
| All Causes | M F | 459 370 | 13 8 | 4 5 | 5 3 | 4 1 | 23 21 | 144 65 | 121 100 | 145 167 | |
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | |
| F | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| M | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| 3 | Syphilitic Disease ... | r M | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 4 | Diphtheria ... | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 | Whooping Cough ... | M | ... | ... | ... | ::: | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 6 | Meningococcal Infections | M | 3 | ... | ... | ... ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 7 | Acute Poliomyelitis | M | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| c | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 8 | Measles | M | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 9 | Other Infective and Parasitic | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diseases | F | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| 10 | Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach ... | M | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| F | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, | M | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 |
| Bronchus | F | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 13 | Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Othei Malignant and Lymphatic | M | 46 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| Neoplasms | F | 40 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 17 | 10 | |
| 16 | Leukaemia, Aleukaemia ... | M | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| F | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Diabetes | M | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17 | Vascular Lesions of Nervous | M | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| System | F | 52 | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |
| 18 | Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 77 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 35 | 20 | 20 |
| F | 37 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 12 | 17 | ||
| 19 | Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | ||
| 20 | Other Heart Disease | M | 57 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 14 | 37 |
| F | 59 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 13 | 38 | ||
| 21 | Other Circulatory Disease | M | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| F | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 22 | Influenza ... ... ... | M | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 23 | Pneumonia | F M | 27 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| F | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 24 | Bronohitis ... | M | 44 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| F | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 25 | Other Diseases of Respiratory ... | M | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| System ... | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 20 | Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ||
| 27 | Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | M | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 2 | 1 | ... | ||
| 28 | Nephritis and Nephrosis | M | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 1 | ... | 2 |
| F | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| 29 | Hyperplasia of Prostate ... | M | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ? | |
| 30 | Pregnancy, Childbirth, abortion | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 31 | Congenital Malformations | M | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| F | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | i | 1 | ... | |||
| 32 | Other defined and ill-defined | M | 36 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| Diseases ... | F | 36 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | |
| 33 | Motor Vehicle Accidents ... | M | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 34 | All other Accidents | M | 3 | ... | 1 | I | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| F | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ||
| 35 | Suicide | M | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | |
| F | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | |||
| 36 | Homicide and Operations of War | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||