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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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In detail the social class, related to cause of death, was as follows:-
| Code No. | Cause of death | Male | Female | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | II | Ill | IV | V | Total | I | II | Ill | IV | V | Total | ||
| 1 | Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 24 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 8 |
| 2 | Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Syphilitic disease | - | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |
| 4 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Meningococcal infections | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7 | Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | 1 | 11 | - | - | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | - | _ | - |
| 10 | Malignant neoplasm, stomach ... | - | 5 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 40 | - | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 2 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| 12 | Malignant neoplasm, breast ... | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | H | |
| 13 | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 4 | 22 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 110 | 1 | 19 | 61 | 17 | 7 | 105 |
| 15 | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | _ | 4 | 9 | 3 | - | 16 | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| 16 | Diabetes | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 17 | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 8 | 31 | 61 | 19 | 12 | 131 | 4 | 43 | 99 | 20 | 10 | 176 |
| 18 | Coronary disease, angina | 7 | 44 | 92 | 25 | 11 | 179 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 19 | Hypertension with heart disease | 3 | 18 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 85 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 81 |
| 20 | Other heart disease | 2 | 17 | 57 | 14 | 7 | 97 | 7 | 25 | 93 | 30 | 7 | 162 |
| 21 | Other circulatory disease | 4 | 7 | 40 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 67 |
| 22 | Influenza | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | _ | ||||
| 23 | Pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 54 | _ | 3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| 24 | Bronchitis | 1 | 12 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 93 | - | 10 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 56 |
| 25 | Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | _ | 4 | ||
| 26 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 20 | - | _ | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 27 | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | 3 | _ | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| 28 | Nephritis and nephrosis | - | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 29 | - | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 29 | Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Congenital malformations | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Other defined and illdefined diseases | 3 | 11 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 63 | 16 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 72 | |
| 33 | Motor vehicle accidents | _ | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | All other accidents | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | _ | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | 11 |
| 35 | Suicide | _ | 2 | I 9 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | |
| 36 | Homicide and operations of war | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | No social class assessed | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | I | - | - | 0 |