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
Islington 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATH AGE DISTRIBUTION.
| causes of death | Under 1 year | 1 year and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and, under 65 | 65 and upwards | ages - both sexes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals. | ||||||||||
| All ages | M. | F. | ||||||||
| All causes | 165 | 39 | 26 | 308 | 605 | 1,674 | 3,017 | 1,557 | 1,460 | |
| 1. | Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. | cerebrospenal fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 4. | whooping Cough | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 5. | Diphthsria | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 6. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 1 | 3 | 90 | 53 | 15 | 162 | 105 | 57 | |
| 7. | other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| 8. | Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 9 |
| 9.Influenzas | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 13 | 33 | 56 | 21 | 35 | |
| 10. | Mesales | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 11. | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12. | Acute infectious encephelitis | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 13. | Cencer of buccal cavity and cesophsgus (M) | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 26 | - |
| Cancer of uterus (F) | - | - | - | 4 | 22 | 9 | 35 | - | 35 | |
| 14. | Cancer cf atoaach & duodenum | - | - | - | 3 | 31 | 42 | 76 | 42 | 34 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | - | - | 5 | 30 | 17 | 62 | - | 52 | |
| 1g. | Cancer of all other sites | - | - | 1 | 22 | 133 | 140 | 296 | 181 | 115 |
| 17. | Deabstes | -* | - | - | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 16 |
| 18. | Intre-oranial Vascular | - | - | - | 1 | 54 | 160 | 215 | 96 | 119 |
| 19. | Heart Disease | - | - | - | 26 | 145 | 569 | 740 | 362 | 378 |
| 20. | Other diseases of the circulatory system | - | - | - | 4 | 26 | 63 | 93 | 41 | 52 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 51 | 162 | 329 | 137 | 92 |
| 22. | pneumohitis | 32 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 64 | 139 | 265 | 144 | 121 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases . | - | - | - | 2 | 18 | 11 | 31 | 17 | 14 |
| 24. | Unceration of the stomach or duodsnum | - | - | - | 5 | 30 | 12 | 47 | 44 | 3 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 26 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 16 | 14 |
| 26. | Appsndigestive discases | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 27. | Other digestive discases | 5 | - | 1 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 81 | 30 | 51 |
| 28. | Nephritis | - | - | - | 8 | 23 | 32 | 63 | 30 | 33 |
| 29. | Puerperal and poat-abortive | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 30. | Other maternal causes | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | - | 7 |
| 31. | premature birth | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 20 | 16 |
| 32. | Congenital melformation, birth injury, infantile discases | 39 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 27 | 22 |
| 33. | Suicide | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 34. | Road traffic accidents | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 72 | 28 | 44 |
| 36. | All other causes | 7 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 35 | 128 | 216 | 114 | 102 |