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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGES (both sexes) | TOTALS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 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 | MALE | FEMALE | ||
| 13. Malignant neoplasm,Uterus | F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 25 | |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm | M | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | 16 | 37 | 52 | 48 | 157 | |
| F | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 13 | 29 | 25 | 37 | 105 | ||
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | 5 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | 2 | 5 | ||
| 16. Diabetes | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | 25 | 35 | 53 | 117 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 41 | 50 | 90 | 184 | ||
| 18. Coronary Disease, angina | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 93 | 71 | 42 | 211 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 17 | 44 | 49 | 112 | ||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 10 | 16 | 11 | 37 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 18 | 29 | 47 | ||
| 20. Other heart disease | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 26 | 45 | 117 | 191 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 29 | 49 | 197 | 279 | ||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 13 | 27 | 33 | 74 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 73 | ||
| 22. Influenza | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 5 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 67 | |
| F | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 9 | 15 | 49 | 82 | ||
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| 24. Bronchitis | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 61 | 50 | 162 | ||
| F | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 96 | |||
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 22 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 21 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 3 | ||
| F | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 29. Hyperplasis of prostate | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 8 | _ | _ | _ | 8 | ||
| 31. Congenital malformation | M | 4 | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 9 | ||
| F | 6 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 8 | |||
| 32. Other defined and illdefined diseases | M | 41 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 125 | ||
| F | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 47 | 119 | |||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | M | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 4 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | |||
| 34. All other accidents | M | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | ||
| F | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 35. Suicide | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 7 | _ | 1 | 12 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 1 | _ | 7 | |||
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | ||
| F | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | |||
| 92 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 141 | 668 | 760 | 1122 | 1475 | 1349 | |||