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
Greenwich 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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The number of Still Births registered was 33 (13 males 20 females), which is equivalent to a rate of 24.26 per 1,000 total births, an increase of 3.35 over that of 1955.
| No. in Short List. | Causes of Death | Sex | Deaths at subjoined Ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 6") and under 75. | 75 and over. | |||
| All Causes | M | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 42 | 146 | 163 | ||
| F | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 72 | 86 | 186 | |||
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | |||
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Tuberculosis, Other | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| 3 | Syphilitic Disease | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 4 | Diphtheria | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 | Whooping Cough | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 6 | Meningococcal Infections | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 7 | Acute Poliomyelitis | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 8 | Measles | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 9 | Other Infective and Parasitic | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| 10 | Diseases Malignant Neoplasm. Stomach | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | ... | |||
| 11 | Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| M | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 29 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Bronchus | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | |||
| 12 | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ||
| 14 | Othei Malignant and Lymphatic | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 18 | 18 | 9 | |
| Neoplasms | F | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 15 | Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| F | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 16 | Diabetes | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | |
| F | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 17 | Vascular Lesions of Nervous | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 13 | 8 | 14 | |
| System | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | 12 | 24 | ||
| 18 | Coronary Disease, Angina | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 22 | 30 | 25 | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 20 | Other Heart Disease | M | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 11 | 32 | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | 34 | ||||
| 21 | Other Circulatory Disease | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 7 | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Influenza | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ||
| 23 | Pneumonia | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 8 | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 7 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Bronohitis .. | M | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 17 | 17 | |
| F | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 25 | Other Diseases of Respiratory | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |||
| System | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 26 | Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
| 27 | Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 28 | Nephritis and Nephrosis | M | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||||
| 29 | Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | |
| 30 | Pregnancy, Childbirth, abortion | F | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 31 | Congenital Malformations | M | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| F | 4 | ... | ... | ... | l | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 32 | Other defined and ill-defined | M | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| Diseases | F | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 33 | Motor Vehicle Accidents | M | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| F | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| All other Accidents | M | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ||
| F | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ||||
| 35 | Suicide | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | |
| F | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | |||
| 36 | Homicide and Operations of War | M | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||