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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
Bermondsey 1960
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960
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Whooping Cough
| Causes of Death | Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | 0—4 | 5—14 | 15—24 | 25—44 | 45—64 | 65—74 | 75 & over | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis, other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilitic disease | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal infections | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 11 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 37 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 28 | 29 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diabetes | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 23 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 59 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 27 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 13 |