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Lewisham 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Heart disease
The incidence of deaths from the heart and circulation diseases
were fewer than in the previous year, but a glance at table 6 shows that
the percentage of deaths from such afflictions in the age group 45 to 65
remained as high as ever.
Table 6
Heart and circulation mortality
| Year | Deaths from | Total heart and circulation (all ages) | Age group 45-65 | Total deaths in borough | Percentage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronary diseases | Other heart diseases* | Other circulatory diseases† | Total | Coronary diseases | (e) of (h) | (f) of (h) | (g) of (h) | |||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) |
| 1928 | 357 | 97 | 454 | 115 | - | 1993 | ||||
| 1933 | 516 | 117 | 633 | 162 | - | 2271 | ? | |||
| 1938 | 659 | 139 | 798 | 178 | - | 2403 | ? | |||
| 1943 | 583 | 64 | 647 | 129 | - | 2359 | ? | |||
| 1948 | 696 | 63 | 759 | 155 | - | 2253 | 6.9 | ? | ||
| 1953 | 775 | 113 | 888 | 140 | - | 2502 | ||||
| 1958 | 770 | 109 | 879 | 150 | - | 2433 | ||||
| 1963 | 866 | 113 | 979 | 180 | - | 2639 | ||||
| 1959 | 360 | 118 | 948 | 161 | 110 | 2617 | 36 | 6.2 | ||
| 1960 | 364 | 321 | 113 | 798 | 149 | 102 | 2510 | 5.9 | 4.1 | |
| 1 | 492 | 375 | 123 | 990 | 176 | 122 | 2586 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 494 | 314 | 111 | 919 | 191 | 133 | 2569 | |||
| 3 | 557 | 309 | 113 | 979 | 180 | 129 | 2639 | |||
| 4 | 515 | 232 | 113 | 860 | 180 | 128 | 2563 | |||
| ? means figure not available. *R.G. Code Nos. 19 and 20. †R.G. Code No. 21. | ||||||||||