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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 1962
[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||