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 1956
Cause of death | All ages | Under 1 year | 1 year and under 5 | 5 years and under 45 | 45 years and over |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory tuberculosis | 19 | _ | _ | 4 | 15 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
Syphilis | 9 | _- | _ | _ | 9 |
Diphtheria | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
Meningococcal infections | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Acute poliomyelitis | _ | _- | _ | _ | _ |
Measles | _ | _- | _ | _ | _ |
Other infective diseases, etc. | 4 | _ | 1 | _ | 3 |
Cancer (all forms) | 362 | _ | _ | 22 | 340 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 3 |
Diabetes | 7 | _ | _ | 1 | 6 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 191 | _ | _ | 7 | 184 |
Coronary disease, angina | 281 | _ | _ | 6 | 275 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 36 | _ | _ | _ | 36 |
Other heart disease | 199 | _ | _ | 6 | 193 |
Other diseases of circulatory system | 89 | _ | _ | 3 | 86 |
Influenza | 9 | _ | _ | 1 | 8 |
Pneumonia | 106 | 10 | _ | 1 | 95 |
Bronchitis | 117 | 1 | _ | 1 | 115 |
Other respiratory diseases | 18 | _ | _ | _ | 18 |
Ulcers of the stomach | 32 | 1 | _ | 2 | 29 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 9 | 1 | _ | 2 | 6 |
Nephritis and nephrosis | 17 | _ | _ | 1 | 16 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 10 | _ | _ | _ | 10 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 5 | _ | _ | 5 | _ |
Congenital malformations | 7 | 6 | _ | l | _ |
All other diseases | 144 | 39 | 2 | 13 | 90 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 23 | _ | _ | 7 | 16 |
All other accidents | 28 | _ | 3 | 3 | 22 |
Suicide | 40 | _ | _ | 18 | 22 |
Homicide and operations of war | 5 | _ | 1 | 3 | 1 |
TOTALS | 1,772 | 59 | 7 | 107 | 1,599 |