Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1952
Cause of death | All ages | Under 1 year | 1 year and under 5 | 5 yearsand under 45 | 45 years and over |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory tuberculosis | 29 | - | - | 5 | 24 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 3 | |||
Syphilis | 11 | 11 | |||
Diphtheria | - | ||||
Whooping cough | |||||
Meningococcal | |||||
infections | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Acute poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | |||
Measles | 1 | 1 | |||
Other infective diseases, etc. | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Cancer (all forms) | 374 | 1 | 25 | 348 | |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Diabetes | 9 | — | 9 | ||
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 229 | 5 | 224 | ||
Coronary disease, angina | 260 | 5 | 255 | ||
Hypertension with heart disease | 22 | 22 | |||
Other heart disease | 283 | 10 | 273 | ||
Other diseases of circulatory system | 86 | 2 | 84 | ||
Influenza | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
Pneumonia | 98 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 82 |
Bronchitis | 105 | 4 | - | 1 | 100 |
Other respiratory diseases | 24 | 5 | 19 | ||
Ulcers of the stomach | 24 | - | 3 | 21 | |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Nephritis and nephrosis | 25 | 6 | 19 | ||
Hyperplasia of prostate | 25 | 25 | |||
Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 5 | 5 | |||
Congenital malformations | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
All other diseases | 171 | 37 | 2 | 19 | 113 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
All other accidents | 45 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 33 |
Suicides | 26 | — | 15 | 11 | |
Homicide and operations of war | 1 | 1 | |||
TOTALS | 1,936 | 75 | 13 | 140 | 1,708 |