London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wood Green 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE IVA
Males
| Causes of Death | All Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 |
| Tuberculosis, other | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dyphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 34 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Leukaemia aleukaemia . | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Coronary disease angina | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Other heart diseases | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Other circulatory disease | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Influenza | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
| Bronchitis | 21 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Other disease of respiratory system | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Gastritis Enteritis and Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Totals carried forward | 237 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 83 | 74 |