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 1957
Cause of death | All ages | Under 1 year | 1 year and under 5 | 5 years and under 45 | 45 years and over |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory tuberculosis | 13 | - | - | 4 | 9 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Syphilis | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Measles | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Other infective diseases, etc., | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Cancer (all forms) | 356 | - | - | 19 | 337 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 8 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Diabetes | 9 | - | - | 1 | 8 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 215 | - | - | 3 | 212 |
Coronary disease, angina | 259 | - | - | 5 | 254 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 38 | - | - | - | 38 |
Other heart disease | 167 | - | 1 | 4 | 162 |
Other diseases of circulatory system | 107 | - | - | 3 | 104 |
Influenza | 14 | - | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Pneumonia | 94 | 8 | - | 1 | 85 |
Bronchitis | 108 | 3 | 1 | - | 104 |
Other respiratory diseases | 17 | - | - | - | 17 |
Ulcers of the stomach | 22 | - | - | 1 | 21 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
Nephritis and nephrosis | 10 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Congenital malformations | 12 | 10 | - | 1 | 1 |
All other diseases | 169 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 107 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 17 | - | - | 7 | 10 |
All other accidents | 37 | - | 3 | 11 | 23 |
Suicide | 39 | - | - | 17 | 22 |
Homicide and operations of war | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
TOTALS | 1,750 | 78 | 8 | 96 | 1,568 |