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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 1953

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

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Table: Death rates per 1,000 living in each age group.

Death rates per 1,000 living in each age group.

Ages0-45-1415-2425-4445-64MalesFemales
65-7475+65-7475 +
Finsbury6.160.251.401.3712.832.810636.681.4
England and Wales6.250.460.871.7110.553.313732.4109.1

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(The figures for Finsbury relate to 1953, those for England and Wales
to 1952 the latest year for which they are available; the national
figures, however, show little yearly change apart from a slight
downward trend.)

Table: Causes of Death— 1953.

Causes of Death— 1953.

0—1—5—15—25—45—65—75—Total
M.F.M.F.
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory—-——36——2—11
2. Tuberculosis, other-----------
3. Syphilitic disease—————3—1—15
4. Diphtheria———————————
5. Whooping Cough-----------
6. Meningococcal infections-----------
7. Acute poliomyelitis———————————
8. Measles———————————
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases———————————
10. Malignant neoplasm stomach———11214—110
11. Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus————2152———19
12. Malignant neoplasm breast-----2----2
13. Malignant neoplasm uterus-----2---—2
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms——1217572126