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 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 | |||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
All causes | 5 | 7 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 12 | 8 | 88 | 58 | 96 | 63 | 93 | 126 | 303 | 263 |
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 Tuberculosis, other | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3 Syphilitic disease | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||
11 Malignant neoplasm , lung , bronchus | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 5 | |||||||||
12 Malignant neoplasm , breast | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | |||||||||||||
13 Malignant neoplasm , uterus | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 25 | ||||||||
15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
16 Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 24 | |||||||||
18 Coronary disease, angina | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 72 | 58 | ||||||||
19 Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
20 Other heart disease | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 22 | |||||||||
21 Other circulatory disease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | ||||||||||
22 Influenza | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
23 Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 23 | ||||||||
24 Bronchitis | 5 | 25 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 48 | 19 | |||||||||||
25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
27 Gastritis , enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
28 Nephritis and Nephrosis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
31 Congenital malformations | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | |||||
33 Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
34 All other accidents | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
35 Suicide | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||
36 Homicide and operations of war | - | - |