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
St Pancras 1944
Annual report (abridged) on the Health of the Borough for the year 1944
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION
| Causes of death | Ages - Both Sexes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 5 and undeb45 | 45 andunder 65 | 65 and upwards | Totals | ||
| M | F | |||||||
| ALL CAUSES | 123 | 21 | 25 | 222 | 584 | 1026 | 1O96 | 905 |
| 1. Typhoid & paratyphoid | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| 3.carlet fever | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| 4. Whooping cough | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 5. Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | |
| 6.Tuberculosis of respiratory system | . | . | 1 | 48 | 51 | 15 | 76 | 39 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | . | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | . | 6 | 7 |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | . | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 9. Influenza | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 10. Measles | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| 11.Ac.poliomyelitis & polioencephalitis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 12. Ac. Infectious encephalitis | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | |||
| 13. Cancer - buccal cavity and Oesoph (M); Uterus (F) | 4 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 12 | |||
| 14. Cancer - stomach & duodenum | . | • | . | 8 | 25 | 23 | 40 | 16 |
| 15.Cancer - breast | • | 2 | 12 | 7 | . | 21 | ||
| l6.Cancer - all other sites | 1 | 7 | 92 | 82 | 109 | 73 | ||
| 17. Diabetes | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 18. Intracranial vascular lesions | 3 | 36 | 103 | 67 | 75 | |||
| 19. Heart diseases | . | . | 13 | 99 | 346 | 220 | 238 | |
| 20. Other circulatory diseases | . | • | . | 2 | 16 | 48 | 39 | 27 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 43 | 109 | 99 | 59 | ||
| 22. Pneumonia | 21 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 80 | 77 | 60 | |
| 23. Other respiratory diseasee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | |
| 24. Ulcer - stomach or duodenum | . | . | . | 3 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 3 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 20 | 2 | . | . | . | 13 | 9 | |
| 26. Appendicitis | • | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| 27. Other digestive diseases • 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 29 | ||
| 28. Nephritis | • | . | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 | |
| 29. Puerperal & post-abortive sepsis | • | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | |
| 30. Other maternal causes | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | 4 |
| 31. Premature birth | 25 | . | . | . | . | 15 | 10 | |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury & infant diseases | 30 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 33. Suicide | • | . | . | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | • | . | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 7 | 2 | 16 | 77 | 54 | 50 | 103 | 103 |
| 36. All other causes | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 65 | 67 | 58 |