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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

Finsbury 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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Table: 1949 Table of Causes of, and Ages, at Death.

1949 Table of Causes of, and Ages, at Death.

Cause of DeathTotal all ages0-1-5-15-45-65-
1.Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers-------
2.Cerebro-Spinal Fever1----1-
3.Scarlet Fever-------
4.Whooping Cough-------
5.Diphtheria-------
6.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System20---884
7.Other forms of Tuberculosis—------
8.Syphilitic Diseases5—---23
9.Influenza41--1—2
10.Measles-------
11.Acute Polio-myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis-------
12.Acute Infectious Encephalitis-------
13.Cancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus and Uterus6----24
14.Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum17----710
15.Cancer of Breast5—--—23
16.Cancer of all other sites64—1-61839
17.Diabetes4----22
18.Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions45----639
19.Heart Disease137—--83099
20.Other diseases of circulatory System32----725
21.Bronchitis40---21028
22.Pneumonia3341-—1018
23.Other respiratory diseases6----42
24.Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum7----43
25.Diarrhoea under 2 years11-----
26.Appendicitis1-----1
27.Other digestive diseases8—1-—16
28.Nephritis8—--233
29.Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis1---1--
30.Other maternal causes1---1--
31.Premature birth55-----
32.Cong. Malf. Birth Injuries, Infant Dis.54--1--
33.Suicide6—-—123
34.Road Traffic Accidents4—2——11
35.Other Violent Causes71—-123
36.All other causes211-—1415
M.271102-1976164
F.22373—1450149
Total—All Causes494175—33126313