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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH
| Causes of Death | under 1 year | 1 to 4 | 5 to14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 and over | Totals | |||||||||
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| All causes | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 96 | 37 | 85 | 76 | 86 | 142 | 289 | 276 | |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 Syphilitic disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 Diphtheria | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 Meningococcal infections | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 Other infective and parasitic disease | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 18 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 12 Malignant neoplasm , breast | 4 | 3 | — | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | |||||||
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 Diabetes | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 35 | |||||||||
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 39 | ||||||||
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 20 Other heart disease | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 41 | |||||||||
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 22 Influenza | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 23 Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 24 Bronchitis | 12 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 25 Other disease of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 28 Nephritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 Congenital malformations | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 19 | |||||||
| 33 Motor vechicle accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 34 All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 35 Suicide | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||