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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING 1965
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Sex | Total All ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 and over | |||||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| F | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | |
| 5. Whooping cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Meningococcal infections | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | |
| 9. Other infective and parastitic diseases | M | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| F | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 21 | |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 193 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 27 | 62 | 66 | 33 |
| F | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 17 | |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 14 | |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 14. Other maglignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 180 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 41 | 59 | 42 |
| F | 196 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 61 | 67 | |
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 16. Diabetes | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 150 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 22 | 51 | 70 |
| F | 230 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 151 | |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 449 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 49 | 121 | 139 | 123 |
| F | 304 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 83 | 170 | |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| F | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| 20. Other heart disease | M | 120 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 67 |
| F | 194 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 137 | |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | M | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 40 |
| F | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 67 | |
| 22. Influenza | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 117 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 1 | • | 2 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 57 |
| F. | 149 | 2 | 11 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 101 | |
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 151 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 55 | 50 |
| F | 59 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 31 | |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| F | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |