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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Causes of Death | Sex | Deaths at subjoined Ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 55. | 55 and under 65. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and over | |||
| Under 4 Wks | 4 wks and under 1 year | ||||||||||||
| All Causes | M | 481 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 107 | 120 | 160 |
| F | 463 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 55 | 112 | 232 | |
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, Other | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | _ | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic Disease | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal Infections | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 2 | – | - | - | — | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ | 1 | - | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | _ | – | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| F | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, | M | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 4 |
| F | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - |
| F | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | |
| Neoplasms Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | F | 42 | – | – | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| M | 2 | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | |
| Diabetes | F | 2 | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous | F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| M | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |
| System Coronary Disease, Angina | F | 54 | – | — | — | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 8 | 26 | |
| M | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 29 | |
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | F | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 22 | 53 |
| M | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other Heart Diseases | F | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| M | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 11 | 26 | |
| Other Circulatory Disease | F | 53 | – | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| M | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
| Influenza | F | 26 | – | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| M | 2 | -– | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | F | 2 | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| M | 28 | – | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
| Bronchitis | F | 36 | – | 2 | 1 | - | _ | - | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| M | 53 | – | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 16 | 15 | 19 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory | F | 19 | – | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| M | 5 | – | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | 2 | _ | 2 | |
| System Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - |
| M | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | F | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| M | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| M | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, abortion | F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other defined and ill-defined | F | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| M | 32 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Diseases Motor Vehicle Accidents | F | 39 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| M | 9 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |
| All other Accidents | F | 6 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | _ | – | 3 | 7 |
| M | 9 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Suicide | F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| M | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | |
| Homicide and Operations of War | F | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – |
| M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |