London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
-11-
-12-
TABLE 1.
CAUSES OF DEATHS
| Causes of Death | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to **5 | 45 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and upwards | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| All causes | 7 | 7 | _ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 92 | 56 | 92 | 77 | 71+ | 101 | 288 | 259 |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Y | 7 | |
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3 Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Other infective and narasitlc diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 5 |
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 33 |
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| l6 Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 38 |
| 1 18 Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 17 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 51 | |
| I 19 Hypertension with heart I _ disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 29 |
| | 20 Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 7 |
| 1 21 Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 1 22 Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| I 23 Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | - | ||
| I 24 Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 14 |
| 1 25 other diseases of L resDlratory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 16 | |
| 1 26 Ulcer of stomach and I duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| I 27 Gastritis, enteritis and -diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| I 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| I 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, I abortion_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| I 31 Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 18 |
| 1 33 Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 34 All other accidents | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 35 Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| 1 lo Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |