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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 1957
[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 to5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to65 | 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 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - | 12 | 13 | 92 | 55 | 88 | 78 | 90 | 132 | 294 | 283 | |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | |||
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| 3 Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 13 | ||
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 24 |
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16 Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 30 |
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 18 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 50 |
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 38 |
| 21 Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| 22 Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | |
| 23 Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 21 |
| 24 Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 12 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 25 | |
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 7 | - |
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Congenital malformations | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | |
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 | l | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 34 All other accidents | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | 3 | _ | 1 | _ | l | - | 3 | 9 | - | |
| 35 Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 | l | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |