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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
Ilford 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes
TABLE II
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1958
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years j | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years j | 65 and under 75 years | 75 years and upwards | |
| ALL CAUSES | 1985 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 476 | 515 | 871 |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 3 Syphilitic disease | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Whooping eough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 22 | 16 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 88 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 46 | 23 | 16 |
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | 36 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 |
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 178 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 62 | 50 | 59 |
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 16 Diabetes | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 254 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 50 | 72 | 129 |
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 310 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 86 | 104 | 114 |
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 20 Other heart disease | 298 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 30 | 56 | 205 |
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 111 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 34 | 54 |
| 22 Influenza | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 Pneumonia | 99 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 24 | 56 |
| 24 Bronchitis | 124 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 33 | 36 | 52 |
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Congenital malformations | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 152 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 50 |
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | 23 | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 All other accidents | 36 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 35 Suicide | 20 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 9 | 3 | - |
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Special Causes (included above) Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |