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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION.
| Cause of Death | Ages—Both Sexes | Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 year and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | All Ages | M. | F. | |
| All causes | 179 | 19 | 18 | 258 | 674 | 1,905 | 3,053 | 1,552 | 1,501 |
| Percentages | 5.86 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 8.45 | 22.08 | 62.40 | - | - | - |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | l | - | |
| 2. Cerebrospinal fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | i | - |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 65 | l6 | 166 | 92 | 74 |
| 7. Other forms of tuberculosis | - | 1 | _ | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 8. Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 1 7 | 5 |
| 9. Influenza | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| 10. Measles | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 i | 1 | 2 |
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | i | 1 | - |
| 13. Cancer of buc. cav. and oesop (M) | - | — | - | — | 9 | 12 | 21 | 21 | - |
| Cancer of uterus (F) | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 17 | 34 | - | |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | 5 | 28 | 53 | 86 | 43 | 43 |
| 15. Cancer of breast | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 17 | 35 | - | 35 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | - | 1 | - | 18 | 99 | 184 | 302 | 174 | 128 |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 10 |
| 18. Intra-cranial Vascular lesions | - | — | - | 2 | 44 | 189 | 235 | 148 | |
| 19. Heart Disease | 1 | - | 1 | 23 | 131 | 616 | 772 | 3964 | 408 |
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system | _ | 1 | - | 5 | 18 | 117 | 141 | 72 | 69 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 5 | - | - | 4 | 82 | 229 | 320 | 204 | 116 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 27 | 5 | - | 7 | 30 | 128 | 197 | 100 | 97 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | - | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | 17 | 30 | l9 | 11 |
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | - | _ | - | 5 | 13 | 23 | 41 | 30 | 7 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 18 | 1 | - | - | — | - | 19 | 12 | 4 |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 7 | 1 | - | 11 | 19 | 38 | 76 | 28 | 26 |
| 28. Nephritis | — | - | - | 9 | 20 | 25 | 54 | - | 2 |
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis.. | - | - | - | 2 | _ | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | - | — | 2 | - | - | z | 20 | 15 |
| 31. Premature birth | 35 | - | — | - | - | 35 | 20 | - | |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 63 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 67 | 38 | 29 |
| 33. Suicide | - | — | — | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| 34. Road Traffic accidents | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | ||
| 35. Other violent causes | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 53 | 88 | 41 | 47 |
| 36. All other causes | 8 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 31 | 116 | 192 | 89 | 103 |