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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
Fulham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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ClASSTFICATION OF CAUSES OF DEATH 1579 Deaths as follows:-
| under 1 | Age Groups | Over 45 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | 5-45 | ||||
| Tuberculosis Respiratory | - | - | 13 | 31 | 44 |
| Tuberculosis other | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Syphilitic Disease | - | - | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other infective & paralytic diseases | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Cancer | - | 1 | 24 | 244 | 269 |
| Diabetes | — | - | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | — | - | 3 | 150 | 153 |
| Coronary disease | - | - | 4 | 150 | 154 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | 1 | 63 | 64 |
| Other heart disease | - | - | 6 | 239 | 245 |
| Other circulatory diseases | - | - | 1 | 62 | 63 |
| Influenza | 1 | 2 | 27 | 30 | |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 76 | 86 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | 5 | 139 | 144 |
| Other diseased of respiratory system | - | 1 | - | 9 | 10 |
| Ulcer of stomach & duodenum | - | - | 19 | 22 | |
| Gastritisf enteritis, diarrhoea | 2 | - | 6 | 8 | |
| Nephritis & nephrosis | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| Hyperplasia of prostat 9 | - | - | - | 13 | 13 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| Other ill-=defined and defined diseases | 32 | 3 | 15 | 105 | 155 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | 1 | - | 7 | 8 |
| All other accidents | - | - | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | 11 | 96 | 1426 | 1579 | |