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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE I.
CAUSES OF DEATH
| Causes of death | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and Upwards | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 124 | 75 | 143 | 86 | 114 | 170 | 422 | 363 | |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 3 Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Other Infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 29 |
| 15 Leckaemia, aleukamia | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 34 |
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 29 |
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 |
| 20 Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 50 | 64 |
| 21 Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 17 |
| 22 Influenza | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 23 Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 |
| 24 Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 67 | 43 |
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 6 | - | 11 | - |
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth,abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 31 Congenital malformations | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 |
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 7 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 32 |
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| 34 All other accidents | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 35 Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 2 |
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |