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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
Lambeth 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR, 1942. Mortality 16.24 (20.83)
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | AGES - BOTH SEXES | Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||
| M | F | |||||||
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| 6. Tuberculosis, Resp. Syst. | - | 1 | 2 | 66 | 49 | 18 | 97 | 39 |
| 7. Other Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | - | - | - | 5 | 17 | 10 | 28 | 4 |
| 9. Influenza | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 10. Measles | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| 11. Ac. Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12. Ac. Infectious Encephalitis (Lethargic) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| 13. Cancer, Buccal Cavity and) Oesophagus (M) ) Uterus (F) ) | - | - | - | - | 18 | 27 | 27 | 18 |
| 14. Cancer, Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | 3 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 31 |
| 15. Cancer, Breast | - | - | - | 2 | 22 | 18 | - | 42 |
| 16. Cancer, All other sites | - | 1 | 2 | 15 | 111 | 130 | 157 | 102 |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 6 | 7 |
| 18. Cerebral Vascular Lesions | - | - | - | 3 | 52 | 153 | 91 | 117 |
| 19. Heart diseases | - | — | — | 20 | 143 | 588 | 340 | 411 |
| 20. Other Circulatory diseases | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 54 | 33 | 38 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 5 | — | - | 3 | 40 | 107 | 106 | 49 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 22 | 4 | - | 11 | 35 | 58 | 79 | 51 |
| 23. Other Respiratory diseases | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 11 |
| 24. Ulcer, Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 7 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 38 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 18 |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 27. Other Digestive diseases | 1 | - | - | 3 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 33 |
| 28. Nephritis | - | - | - | 10 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 23 |
| 29. Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 30. Other Maternal Causes | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Premature Birth | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 18 |
| 32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile diseases | 34 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 15 |
| 33. Suicide | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 7 |
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| 35. Other Violent Causes | 1 | - | 3 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 39 | 15 |
| 36. All other causes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 53 | 103 | 104 | 84 |
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