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
Tottenham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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CLASSIFIED DEATHS OF TOTTENHAM RESIDENTS SHEWING AGE-GROUP AND SEX DISTRIBUTION
| DISEASE | TOTAL | 0-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55 64 | 65 74 | 75-84 | 85 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 23 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 10 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 23 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 46 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | 5 | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 89 | 52 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diabetes | -3 i | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Vascular lesiors of nervous syst em | 72 | 101 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 27 | 35 | 6 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 109 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 2 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Other heart disease | 92 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 46 | 19 |
| Other circulatory diseases | 31 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 8 | 10 | 13 | - | 5 |
| Influenza | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 41 | 23 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 82 | 55 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 19 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 5 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 14 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 5 | - | 1 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined and ill-defired diseases | 65 | 45 | 17 | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| All other accidents | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - |
| Suicide | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Homicide and operations of war | 786 | 629 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 78 | 44 | 161 | 80 | 227 | 186 | 196 | 200 | 41 |
| TOTAL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |