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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 1958
[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 year | 1 to | 5 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 and over | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| All Causes | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 104 | 49 | 87 | 72 | 97 | 128 | 308 | 264 | ||||
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | 1 | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Syphilitic disease | 1 | 1 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 16 | |||||||||
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 Diabetes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 35 | |||||||||
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 1 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 55 | 37 | |||||||||
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Other heart disease | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 22 Influenza | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 23 Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 18 | ||||||||
| 24 Bronchitis | 1 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 50 | 17 | |||||||||
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | – | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 3 | 3 | – | |||||||||||||||
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth abortion | – | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 Congenital malformations | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 16 | |||||||
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 34 All other accidents | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 35 Suicide | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||||||||