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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
Lewisham 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Section "A" (continued)
Causes of death at differant periods of life during tho year 1946
The following table, shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1946:-
| Code No. | CAUSES OF DEATE | Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the borough | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 land under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and over | ||
| Totals, all causes | 2208 | 148 | 16 | 15 | 208 | 562 | 1259 | |
| 1 | Typhoid'& paratynhoid fevers | - | - | - | ||||
| 2 | Cerepro-Spinal fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 3 | Scarlet fever | - | - | - | ||||
| 4 | Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | _ | - | |||
| 5 | Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Tuberculosis of resp.system | 110 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 37 | 6 | |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 22 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Influenza | 18 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | 7 | |
| 10 | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | ||||
| 12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 13 | Cancer, buccal cavity & oesophagus (M), uteru's (F) | 34 | - | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||
| 14 | Cancer, stonach &duodenum | 56 | - | 2 | 19 | 35 | ||
| 15 | Cancer, breast | 41 | - | 3 | 15 | 23 | ||
| 16 | Cancer, all other sites | 215 | 2 | 11 | 83 | 119 | ||
| 17 | Diabetes | 11 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 212 | - | - | - | 4 | 49 | 159 |
| 19 | Heart diseases | 675 | - | - | 1 | 23 | 130 | 521 |
| 20 | Other circulatory diseases | 66 | - | 3 | 12 | 51 | ||
| 21 | Bronchitis | 127 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 77 | |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 97 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 47 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 25 | 1 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Ulcer, stomach & duodenum | 29 | 2 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 25 | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | ||
| 26 | ADpendicitis | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 42 | l | 7 | 15 | 19 | ||
| 28 | Nephritis | 36 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 15 | 12 |
| 29 | Puerperal & post-abortive ' sepsis | - | ||||||
| 30 | Other maternal causes | 5 | - | - | 5 | |||
| 31 | Premature birth | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Congenital malfodrmations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 51 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 33 | Suicide | 12 | - | 3 | - | |||
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | 15 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 55 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 36 | All other causes | 163 | 5 | 1 | - | 30 | 38 | 89 |
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