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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH – 1960
| – | 0- | 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 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | – | |||||||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | – | |||||||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | – | |||||||||||||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | – | |||||||||||||
| 8. Measles | – | |||||||||||||
| 9. Other infective & parasitic diseases | – | |||||||||||||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm – stomach | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| 11. " " lung bronchus | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| 12. " " – breast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 13. " " uterus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 39 | |||||
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 16. Diabetes | – | |||||||||||||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 45 | ||||||
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 55 | ||||||
| 0- | 1- | 2-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85- | Total | ||||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | – | |||||||||||||
| 20. Other heart disease | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 40 | |||||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
| 22. Influenza | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 23. Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | |||||
| 24. Bronchitis | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 26. Ulcer of stomach & Duodenum | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis & diarrhoea | – | |||||||||||||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 31. Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 28 | ||||||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 34. All other accidents | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| 35. Suicide | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 36. Homicide & operations of war | – | |||||||||||||
| Total | 10 | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | 11 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 51 | 51 | 11 | 17 | 337 |