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
Lambeth 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGE GROUPS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 - 4 years | 5 - 14 years | 15 - 24 years | 25 - 44 years | 45 - 64 years | 65 - 74 years | 75 years and over | TOTALS | |||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| F | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3. Sylphilitic Disease | M | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | M | ||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | ||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal Infection | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | ||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 8. Measles | M | ||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 31 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 30 | ||||||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm. Lung Bronchus | M | 4 | 53 | 30 | 14 | 101 | |||||
| F | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | ||||||||||
| F | 4 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 44 | ||||||
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | M | ||||||||||
| F | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| 14. Other Malignant & Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 5 | 32 | 40 | 40 | 117 | |||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 29 | 41 | 120 | ||||
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 16. Diabetes | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | ||||||
| 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 2 | 25 | 28 | 40 | 95 | |||||
| F | 1 | 21 | 44 | 78 | 144 | ||||||
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 5 | 93 | 74 | 51 | 223 | |||||
| F | 2 | 22 | 44 | 60 | 128 | ||||||
| 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |||||
| F | 2 | 14 | 33 | 49 | |||||||
| 20. Other Heart Disease | M | 1 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 64 | 115 | ||||
| F | 3 | 10 | 25 | 126 | 164 | ||||||
| 21. Other Circulatory Disease | M | 2 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 49 | |||||
| F | 1 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 61 | ||||||
| 22. Influenza | M | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 23 | |||||
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 40 | 88 | |||
| F | 5 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 71 | ||||||
| 24, Bronchitis | M | 1 | 1 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 108 | ||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 52 | |||||
| 25. Other Diseases of Respiratory System | M | 1 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 23 | |||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 26. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| F | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||||||