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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
Chelsea 1952
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1952
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| Causes of Death | at all Ages | AGE AT DEATH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 4i5 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| l. Tuberculosis, respiratory | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | 3 | _ | 3 | |||||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 4. Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - |
| 5. Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ |
| 6. Meningococcal infections | ||||||||
| 7. Poliomyelitis, acute | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 3. Measles | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 9. Infective and parasitic diseases,othei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 14 | _ | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 33 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 6 | __ | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 14. Malignant and lymphatic neoplasms, other | 65 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 40 | |||
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukemia | 2 | _ | 2 | |||||
| 16. Diabetes | 5 | — | - | - | 1 | - | — | 4 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 92 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 79 | |||
| 18. Coronary disease angina | 67 | _ | _ | _ | __ | 1 | 17 | 49 |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 20. Heart disease, other | 112 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 97 | |||
| 21. Circulatory disease,other | 47 | _ | _ | _ | 8 | 39 | ||
| 22. Influenza | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 48 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | A | 37 |
| 24- Bronchitis | 30 | - | - | - | - | 1 | A | 25 |
| Carried forward | 567 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 115 | 416 |