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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 1 CAUSES OF DEATHS
| 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 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 88 | 65 | 87 | 76 | 78 | 108 | 286 | 272 | |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory__ | 1 | I | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Tuberculosis. other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||
| 3 Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 Meningococcal infections | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 Measles | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 Other Infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 24 | |||||||
| 15 Laukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | i | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 16 Diabetes | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 17 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 2 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 1? | 13 | 13 | 57 | 30 | |||||||||
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Other heart disease | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 32 | |||||||||
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | ||||||||
| 22 Influenza | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||
| 23 Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ? | 9 | 6 | 17 | 15 | |||||||
| 24 Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 21 | ||||||||
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 5 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||||
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 Congenital malformations | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 27 | |||||||
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 34 All other accidents | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 35 Suicide | 1 | 1 | 1 | l | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | ||||||||||||||||||