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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TABLE I Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life During 1956 in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Causes of Death | Sex | AGE. | 75 years & over. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages | 0-1 years | 1-5 years | 5-15 years | 15 25 years | 25-45 years | 45 65 years | 65-75 years | |||
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
F | 3 | — | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | _ | – | |
2. Tuberculosis, other | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 1 | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
3. Syphilitic disease | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
4. Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
5. Whooping Cough . | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
6. Meningococcal infections | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
8. Measles | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | 1 |
F | 11 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 54 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 31 | 13 | 6 |
F | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | |
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | 25 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | |
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 62 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 17 | 19 | 23 |
F | 40 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | |
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
F | 2 | – | _ | . | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
16. Diabetes | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 10 | 13 |
F | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 15 | 34 | |
18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 85 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 29 | 33 | 19 |
F | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 17 | 14 | |
19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 5 |
F | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
20. Other heart disease | M | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 15 | 43 |
F | 92 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 65 | |
21. Other circulatory disease | M | 23 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
F | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
22. Influenza | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
F | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |