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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
Deptford 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TABLE I Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life During 1955 in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
| Causes of Death | Sex | AGE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | 0-1 years | 1-5 years | 5-15 years | 15-25 years | 25-45 years | 45-65 years | 65-75 years | 75 years & over | ||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 12 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 4. Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6. Meningococcal infections | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 8. Measles | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| F | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 52 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 34 | 15 | 2 |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 21 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 43 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
| F | 30 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16. Diabetes | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 35 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 |
| F | 63 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 26 | 30 | |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 66 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 24 | 19 | 20 |
| F | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 20 | 24 | |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| F | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 20. Other heart disease | M | 50 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| F | 70 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 15 | 49 | ||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | M | 19 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| F | 33 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 8 | 21 | |
| 22. Influenza | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||