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Southwark 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 5.
Deaths belonging to the Sanitary Area, with the Causes of Death at
all Ages during 1933.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | Institutions. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | 0. | 1. | 2. | 5. | 15. | 25. | 35. | 45. | 55. | 65. | 75. | ||
| All causes | 2298 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Measles | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 23 | 12 | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 5. Diphtheria | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 6. Influenza | 98 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 15 | - |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 172 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 39 | 30 | 15 | - | 13 |
| 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | 21 | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 |
| 11. Syphilis | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 7 |
| 12. Gen. Paralysis of Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| 13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | 288 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 24 | 42 | 87 | 94 | 33 | 169 |
| 14. Diabetes | 20 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage etc. | 63 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 22 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 615 | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 89 | 179 | 266 | 203 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 18. Other Circulatory Diseases | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 29 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 87 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 23 |
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 170 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 34 | 24 | 21 | 83 |
| 21. Other Respiratory Diseases | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 28 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | - | 18 |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. | 36 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 14 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 15 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 |
| 26. Other Diseases of Liver | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 . Other Digestive Diseases | 39 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | - |
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 105 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 81 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30. Other Puerperal Causes | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| 31. Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth, etc. | 56 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 |
| 32. Senility | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| 33. Suicide | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 34. Other Violence | 90 | - | - | 5 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 53 |
| 35. Other Defined Diseases | 152 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 37 | 22 | 143 |
| 36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 2298 | 147 | 37 | 32 | 62 | 82 | 98 | 142 | 267 | 404 | 525 | 502 | 1010 |
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last thirty years
is 101.