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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 1 CAUSES OF DEATH
| Causes of Death | under 1 year | 1 to 4 | 5 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 and over | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| 18 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 88 | 51 | 82 | 66 | 83 | 122 | 282 | 257 | |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Syphilitic disease | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 Meningococcal infections | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 Measles | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 1 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 7 | |||||||||
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 24 | ||||||||
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 42 | |||||||||
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 56 | 37 | ||||||||
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 20 Other heart disease | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 25 | ||||||||
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 22 Influenza | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 23 Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 26 | |||||||||
| 24 Bronchitis | 1 | 8 | - | 8 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 11 | |||||||||
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 Congenital malformations | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 19 | |||||||
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
| 34 All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 35 Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | - | - | ||||||||||||||||