Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :—
Table 7
Code No. | Cause of death | Male | Female | ||||||||||
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1 | II | Ill | IV | V | Total | I | a | Ill | IV | V | Total | ||
1 | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Tuberculosis, other | - | -_ | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
3 | Syphilitic disease | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5 | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
6 | Meningococcal infections | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
7 | Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
8 | Measles | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
9 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | 8 | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 9 |
10 | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 1 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 32 | - | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
11 | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 3 | 16 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 85 | - | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | 10 |
12 | Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 52 |
13 | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | 15 |
14 | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 4 | 18 | 70 | 21 | 9 | 122 | 5 | 28 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 116 |
15 | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | 10 | - | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
16 | Diabetes | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
17 | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 3 | 27 | 69 | 21 | 16 | 136 | 5 | 25 | 91 | 29 | 6 | 156 |
18 | Coronary disease, angina | 5 | 39 | 101 | 20 | 7 | 172 | 4 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 81 |
19 | Hypertension with heart disease | - | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 39 | - | 17 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 48 |
20 | Other heart disease | 4 | 16 | 67 | 26 | 9 | 122 | 7 | 36 | 96 | 34 | 12 | 185 |
21 | Other circulatory disease | 4 | 24 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 94 | 2 | 28 | 55 | 23 | 2 | 110 |
22 | Influenza | - | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
23 | Pneumonia | 5 | 8 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 74 | - | 16 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 72 |
24 | Bronchitis | 3 | 17 | 75 | 26 | 12 | 133 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 72 |
25 | Other diseases of respiratory system | - | 1 | 10 | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 11 |
26 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 23 | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
27 | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
28 | Nephritis and nephrosis | - | 1 | 7 | - | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 11 |
29 | Hyperplasia of prostate | - | 4 | 12 | 7 | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
30 | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
31 | Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 11 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
32 | Other defined and illdefined diseases | 2 | 6 | 56 | 12 | 7 | 83 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 14 | 6 | 93 |
33 | Motor vehicle accidents | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 10 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
34 | All other accidents | - | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | - | 14 |
35 | Suicide | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | - | 11 |
36 | Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
No social class assessed | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 57 |