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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 1964
[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 Pages | 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 weks and under 1 year | |||||||||||||
| All Causes | M | 460 | 12 | 5 | - | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 101 | 142 | 126 | |
| F | 442 | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 53 | 103 | 237 | |||
| 1 | Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Tuberculosis, Other | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3 | Syphilitic Disease | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| 4 | Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5 | Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 6 | Meningococcal Infections | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 7 | Acute Poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8 | Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 9 | Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | |||
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | _ | _ | ||
| 10 | Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 11 | Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 12 | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | ||
| F | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 13 | Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 14 | Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 51 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| F | 52 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 26 | ||||||
| 15 | Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 4 | - | _ | - | - | 2 | ||||||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 16 | Diabetes | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||
| 17 | Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | |
| F | 49 | - | 5 | 17 | 25 | |||||||||
| 18 | Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 116 | - | - | 4 | 34 | 35 | 28 | |||||
| F | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 18 | 55 | |||
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| F | 5 | _ | _ | _ | — | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 20 | Other Heart Diseases | M | 25 | - | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| F | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 29 | |||
| Other Circulatory Disease | M | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||
| F | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Influenza | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 23 | Pneumonia | M | 22 | 5 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| F | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 21 | |||||
| Bronchitis | M | 37 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 10 | 15 | 10 | ||
| F | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 17 | |||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | 3 | 5 | ||
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | M | 2 | — | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | - | |||
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | _ | ||
| F | 4 | _ | - | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| 29 | Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, abortion | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Congenital Malformations | M | 3 | 2 | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| F | 3 | 2 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Other defined and ill-defined Diseases | M | 25 | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | ||||||
| F | 43 | 8 | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 33 | Motor Vehicle rtccidents | M | _ | _ | _ | 3 | _ | |||||||
| F | 5 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | 3 | ||||
| All other Accidents | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | _ | - | ||||||
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Suicide | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | ||||
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 36 | Homicide and Operations of War | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||