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 Deptford Borough]
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Deaths from Cancer by Sex and Age.
Average, Year | Sex | U nder 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 to 75 years | 75 years and upwards | Totals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1925-29 | Male | 1.0 | 5.8 | 38.0 | 24.4 | 11.0 | |
Female | 0.6 | 7.4 | 36.2 | 21.2 | 13.4 | ||
1930-34 | Male | 0.8 | 3.8 | 39.0 | 26.4 | 14.4 | |
Female | 0.4 | 7.0 | 38.0 | 21.2 | 16.0 | ||
1935 | Male | — | 5 | 34 | 36 | 26 | 101 |
Female | — | 2 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 66 | |
Total | — | 7 | 60 | 57 | 43 | 167 | |
1936 | M ale | — | 3 | 32 | 36 | 21 | 92 |
Female | — | 9 | 35 | 21 | 19 | 84 | |
Total | — | 12 | 67 | 57 | 49 | 176 | |
1937 | Male | — | 10 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 89 |
Female | — | 4 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 73 | |
Total | — | 14 | 65 | 48 | 35 | 162 | |
1938 | Male | 1 | 3 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 88 |
Female | — | 3 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 77 | |
Total | 1 | 6 | 61 | 61 | 36 | 165 |
Diabetes.
To meet the difficulty that some uninsured persons might experience
in obtaining supplies of Insulin, the Borough Council decided to make
such provision for necessitous persons. No supplies were granted
during the year under report.
Infective Jaundice.
No case of this disease was reported to me.