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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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Table I (Continued)
| 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. | ||
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 36 | ! | 9 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| F | 27 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | ||
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 47 | – | 9 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| F | 31 | 2 | 10 | 19 | ||||||
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
| F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 10 | —r | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| F | 2 | – | – | – | I — | -1 | I 2 | |||
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea... | M | 1 | – | — | 1 | |||||
| F | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 9 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
| F | 2 | —L | 2 | |||||||
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | M | 7 | i — | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| F | – | |||||||||
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth or abortion | M | — | ||||||||
| F | 2 | – | _Z_ | 1 | 1 | – | ||||
| 31. Congenital malformations... | M | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| F | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | |||||
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 26 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| F | 29 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | M | 3 | — | 1~l | 1 | – | 2 | |||
| F | ' | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 34. All other accidents | M | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| F | 1 | j_£l | I – | 1 | ||||||
| 35. Suicide | M | 6 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| F | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | |||||
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | – | – | – | – | |||||
| F | ||||||||||
| Total deaths, all causes | M | 525 | 19 | – | 3 | 1 | 23 | 149 | 159 | 171 |
| F | 427 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 83 | 109 | 205 | |