London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| 0— | 1— | 5- | 15- | 25— | 45- | 65— | 75— | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 16 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 31 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| 34 | All other accidents | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 7 |
| 35. | Suicide | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 90 | 56 | 36 | 34 | 61 | 314 | |
| Abridged List No. | Cause of Death | Death Rate per 10,000 population | Years of life lost per 10,000 population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages 15-64 | Total to age 85 | |||||
| All causes | M. | 109 (122) | 917 (806) | 2,628 | (2,491) | |
| F. | 91 (107) | 529 (538) | 1,606 | (1,717) | ||
| 1 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 5.31 (3) | 54 (29) | 146 | (73) |
| F. | 1.08 (1) | 19 (20) | 41 | (39) | ||
| 10-15 | Cancer (all sites) | M. | 19.50 (22) | 225 (112) | 557 | (415) |
| F. | 14.60 (18) | 91 (97) | 292 | (330) | ||
| 11 | Cancerof lung, bronchus Cancer of breast | M. | 9.45 (6) | 87 (35) | 265 | (131) |
| 12 | F. | 1.08 (4) | 9 (22) | 31 | (72) | |
| 17 | Vascularlesions of C.N.S. | M. | 7.67 (14) | 38 (29) | 160 | (182) |
| F. | 10.84 (17) | 13 (30) | 111 | (187) | ||
| 18 | Coronary disease | M. | 20.10 (18) | 71 (65) | 350 | (305) |
| F. | 9.75 (10) | 13 (16) | 103 | (109) | ||
| 19-20 | All other cardio-vascular diseases | M. | 8.27 (20) | 30 (39) | 128 | (249) |
| F. | 15.17 (24) | 41 (38) | 198 | (247) | ||
| 23-24 | Bronchitis and pneumonia | M. | 22.45 (14) | 128 (93) | 444 | (293) |
| F. | 15.17 (9) | 61 (54) | 210 | (157) | ||
| 26 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M. | 1.18 (2) | 20 (9) | 43 | (34) |
| F. | 1.08 (1) | - (2) | 8 | (8) | ||
| 33-34 | Accidents | M. | 5.31 (4) | 70 (90) | 163 | (170) |
| F. | 2.16 (2) | — (26) | 15 | (59) | ||
(Figures in brackets are those for England and Wales).