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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
Bethnal Green 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Causes of Death.
| Cause of Death. | 0-1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-45 years. | 45-65 years. | 65 years. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | m. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | m. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | m. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | m. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 5. Diphtheria | m. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | m. | – | – | – | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| F. | – | – | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| 7. Other forms of tuberculosis | m. | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| F. | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| 8. Syphilitic disease | m. | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| F. | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 9. Influenza | m. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| F. | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 10. Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | M. | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 13. Cancer of mouth and oesophagus | m. | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| F. | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | m. | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| 15. Cancer of breast | m. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | m. | – | – | 1 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 50 |
| F. | – | – | 1 | – | 8 | 14 | 23 | |
| 17. Diabetes | m. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions | m. | – | – | – | – | 9 | 28 | 37 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 19. Heart Disease | M. | – | _ | _ | 2 | 23 | 73 | 98 |
| F. | – | – | – | 6 | 25 | 94 | 125 | |
| 20. Other diseases of circulatory system | M. | _ | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| F. | _ | – | – | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | |
| 21. Bronchitis | M. | 4 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 26 | 40 |
| F. | _ | – | – | 1 | – | 21 | 22 | |
| 22. Pneumonia | M. | 7 | – | – | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| F. | 5 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | m. | _ | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| F. | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | M. | _ | – | – | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| F. | _ | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 25. Diarrhœa (under 2 years) | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 26. Appendicitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ |
| F. | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | M. | _ | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| F. | _ | – | – | 1 | ' 2 | 9 | ||
| 28. Nephritis | M. | _ | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| F | – | – | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | F. | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| 30. Other maternal causes | F. | – | – | – | 1 | –– | – | 1 |
| 31. Premature birth | M. | 9 | _ | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| F. | 5 | _ | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
| 32. Congenital malformation, etc. | M. | 8 | _ | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| F. | 6 | _ _ | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
| 33. Suicide | M. | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | |
| F. | – | _ | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | M. | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 4 |
| F. | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| 35. Other violent causes | M. | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| F. | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 36. All other causes | M. | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| F. | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | |
| TOTAL | 54 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 199 | 432 | 772 | |
| M F | 402 370 | |||||||