Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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In the Appendix to the Report will be found a table giving by districts, the causes of, and ages at death of residents whilst indicating the numbers actually dying in Public Institutions.
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. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and over. | |||
All Causes | M | 481 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 134 | 148 | 149 | |
F | 445 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 20 | 90 | 113 | 213 | ||
1 | Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
F | 1 | -- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
2 | Tuberculosis, Other | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
3 | Syphilitic Disease | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
4 | Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
5 | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Meningococcal Infections | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
6 | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Acute Poliomyelitis | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
7 | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Measles | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
8 | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
9 | Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
10 | Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
F | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
11 | Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 19 | 7 |
F | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
12 | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
F | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | ||
13 | Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 11 | -- | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
14 | Other Malignant and Lymphatic | M | 45 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 10 |
Neoplasms | F | 49 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 24 | 5 | 17 | |
15 | Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
F | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||
16 | Diabetes | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
17 | Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 53 | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | 18 | 21 | |
F | 63 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 21 | 33 | ||
18 | Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 116 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 38 | 42 | 33 |
Hypertension with Heart Disease | F | 67 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 21 | 30 | |
19 | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | |
Other Heart Diseases | F | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
20 | M | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
Other Circulatory Disease | F | 59 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 45 | |
21 | M | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
Influenza | F | 24 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |
22 | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pneumonia | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
23 | M | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
Bronchitis | F | 43 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 24 | |
24 | M | 38 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 10 | 16 | |
F | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
Other Diseases of Respiratory System | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
26 | Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | F | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
27 | M | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |||||
Nephritis and Nephrosis | F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
28 | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | ||
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
29 | Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
30 | Pregnancy, Childbirth, abortion | F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
31 | Congenital Malformations | M | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Other defined and ill-defined | F | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
32 | M | 32 | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
Diseases . Motor Vehicle Accidents | F | 33 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | |
33 | M | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | |
All other Accidents | F | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||
34 | M | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
35 | Suicide | F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
M | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | ||
Homicide and Operations of War | F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | |
36 | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |