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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 1958
[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 1958 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. | ||
| Tuberculosis respiratory. | M | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis, other. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic disease. | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach. | M | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| F | 10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus. | M | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2. Malignant neoplasm, breast. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 15 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| 3. Malignant, neoplasm, uterus. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| 4. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms. | M | 31 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | 2 | 13 |
| F | 33 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | |
| 5.Leukaemia, aleukaemia. | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6.Diabetes. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 7.Vascular lesions of nervous system. | M | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 14 | 12 |
| F | 58 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | |