Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table 1.
Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, 1932.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All Ages | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | M | 682 | 63 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 34 | 77 | 124 | 132 | 144 |
F | 608 | 45 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 57 | 86 | 126 | 182 | |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Measles | M | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 10 | .. | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | M | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | . . | .. |
F | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | M | 5 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | .. | |
Diphtheria | M | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Influenza | M | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 |
F | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | M | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 55 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | • • | |||
F | 37 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
F | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis | M | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. |
F | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Cancer, malignant disease. | M | 95 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 31 | 17 |
F | 88 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 29 | 14 | |
Diabetes | M | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
F | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | M | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
F | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | |
Heart Disease | M | 148 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 12 | 28 | 48 | 50 |
F | 149 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 8 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 62 | |
Aneurysm | M | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Circulatory Diseases | M | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
F | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 11 | |
Bronchitis | M | 28 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
F | 25 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 17 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 43 | 12 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | .. | 1 |
F | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Other Respiratory Diseases | M | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
F | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Peptic Ulcer | M | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | |
F | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | |
Diarrhoea, &c. | M | 15 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
F | 14 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Appendicitis | M | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
F | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |