Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 4 | 5 to 14 | 15 to24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 and over | Totals | |||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
All causes | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 100 | 56 | 95 | 74 | 72 | 123 | 290 | 278 |
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 Tuberculosis, other | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
3 Syphilitic disease | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
4 Diphtheria | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
5 Whooping Cough | - | . | ||||||||||||||||
6 Meningococcal infections | - | _ | ||||||||||||||||
7 Acute Poliomyelitis | . | - | ||||||||||||||||
8 Measles | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | l | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronocus | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | ||||||||
12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 9 | |||||||||||||
13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 24 | |||||||
15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
16 Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 35 | ||||||||||
18 Coronary disease, angina | 1 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 31 | |||||||||
19 Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
20 Other heart disease | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 23 | ||||||||||
21 Other circulatory disease | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||
22 Influenza | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
23 Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 16 | ||||||||
24 Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 52 | 25 | |||||||
25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
?7 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 2 | 1 | 1 | l | 3 | |||||||||||||
28 Nephritis snd nephrosis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
29 Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
30 Pregnancy, childbirth abortion | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
31 Congenital malformations | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 28 | |||||||
33 Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||
34 All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
35 Suicide | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
36 Homicide and operations of war | - | - |