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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Appendix.
Table 1.
Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, 1936.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All Ages | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | M | 657 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 71 | 128 | 166 | 151 |
F | 545 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 29 | 49 | 81 | 119 | 179 | |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | M | 6 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | M | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | M | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | M | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
F | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | M | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | M | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 39 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
F | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
F | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | |
Syphilis | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis | M | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
F | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer, malignant disease | M | 92 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 23 | 36 | |
F | 84 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 19 | |
Diabetes | M | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 |
F | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, etc. | M | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 22 | 12 |
F | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |
Heart Disease | M | 136 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 38 | 42 |
F | 162 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 76 | |
Aneurysm | M | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Circulatory Diseases | M | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 |
F | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
Bronchitis | M | 45 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 12 | 18 |
F | 28 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
F | 25 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Other Respiratory Diseases | M | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Peptic Ulcer | M | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea, &c. | M | 16 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
F | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Appendicitis | M | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |