Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1957„
Causes of Death | At all ages | Under 1 yr. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
2.Tuberculosis, other | _- | -- | -- | -- | - | - | -, | - |
3 syphilitic disease | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
4..Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | - |
5«Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | — |
6 .Meningococcal Infections | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
7.Poliomyelitis, acute | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
8»Measles | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
9..Infective and parasitic disease® | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 |
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 22 | - | - | __ | - | - | 10 | 12 |
12 .Malignant neoplasm, breast | 13 | _-- | - | - | -_ | 1 | 5 | 7 |
13»Malignant neoplasm„ uterus | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 |
14. .Malignant and lymphatic neoplasms, | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
other | 68 | — | - | - | -> | 3 | 22 | 43 |
15 .Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 3 | - | - | - | - | _ | - | 3 |
16.Diabetes | 2 | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | 1 |
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system | 109 | - | - | - | - | .- | 9 | 100 |
18.Coronary disease, angina | 73 | - | _- | - | - | 2 | 21 | 50 |
19.Hypertension with heart disease | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 19 |
2O. Heart disease, other | 114 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 108 |
21.Circulatory disease, other | 76 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 69 |
22.Influenza | 7 | — | _ | - | — | - | 1 | 6 |
23.Pneumonia | 54 | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 47 |
24.Bronchitis | 37 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 30 |
Carried forward | 634 | - | 2 | - | 14 | 100 | 517 | |