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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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CLASSIFIED DEATHS OF TOTTENHAM RESIDENTS SHEWING AGE GROUP AND SEX DISTRIBUTION
| Total | Under 1 year | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISEASE | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -— |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective & parasitic disease | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | -- | 1 | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus | 75 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 26 | b | 13 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 14 | - | 4 | - | 8 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| Other malignant & lymphatic neoplasm | 69 | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 25 | |
| Leukaemia- Aleukaemia | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Diabetes | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Vascular lesions of the nervous system | 62 | 89 | - | - | • | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 12 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 54 |
| Coronary disease angina | 153 | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 62 | 15 | 52 | 36 | 33 | 51 |
| Hypertension, with heart disease | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 5 |
| Other heart disease | 38 | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 76 |
| Other circulatory disease | 34 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 28 |
| Influenza | 2 | 2 | - | • | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 48 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 32 |
| Bronchitis | 66 | 31 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 17 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 21 | 19 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Ulcer of stomach & duodenum | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Gastritis enteritis & diarrhoea | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nephritis & nephrosis | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth & abortion | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined & ill defined diseases | 58 | 60 | 18 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 32 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| All other accidents | 17 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Suicide | 7 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Homicide & Operations of War | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 716 | 708 | 31 | 20 | 3 | l | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 207 | 129 | 208 | 171 | 229 | 360 |