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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATHS - 1959
| 0- | 1-1 | 2-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85- | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||
| 1. | Tuberculosis respiratory | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other | - | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4. | Diphtheria | - | |||||||||||||
| 5. | Whooping Cough | - | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Meningococcal Infections | - | |||||||||||||
| 7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | - | |||||||||||||
| 8. | Measles | - | |||||||||||||
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | |||||||||||||
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm - stomach | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 11. | ,, ,, - lung bronchus | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | |||||||
| 12. | " " breast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 13. | " " uterus | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | |||||
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | |||||||||||||
| 16. | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | 2 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 61 | |||||
| 0 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85- | Total | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||
| 19 | Hypertension with heart disease | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| 20. | Other heart disease | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 27 | |||||||
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| 22. | Influenza | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 23 | Pneumonia | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | |||||
| 24. | Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||||
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 26. | Ulcer of Stomach & Duodenum | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 27. | Gastritis enteritis, and diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 29 | Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth abortion | - | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Congenital malformations | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Other defined and ill defined diseases | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| 33 | Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 34 | All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| 35 | Suicide | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 36 | Homicide & operations of war | - | |||||||||||||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 100 | 57 | 39 | 45 | 63 | 11 | 25 | 373 | ||