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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | |
| 1951 | 104 | 23 | 127 |
| 1952 | 107 | 20 | 127 |
| 1953 | 114 | 19 | 133 |
| 1954 | 98 | 25 | 123 |
| 1955 | 103 | 17 | 120 |
| 1956 | 119 | 22 | 141 |
| 1957 | 127 | 25 | 152 |
| 1958 | 130 | 24 | 154 |
| 1959 | 145 | 26 | 171 |
| 1960 | 156 | 26 | 182 |
| 1961 | 141 | 29 | 170 |
| 1962 | 144 | 22 | 166 |
| 1963 | 147 | 20 | 167 |
| 1964 | 136 | 38 | 174 |
The same situation applied up to 1963 in lung cancer deaths in females, although, of course,
at a very much lower level of 20 to 30 deaths per annum. In 1964, however, the highest
number of female deaths due to this cause was recorded. Of the total of 38, 13
were under the age of 55 as against 3 in 1963, and 9 aged 55-65 against 4 the previous
year. Over the age of 65, and with a total of 16, there was an increase of three in
the previous year. Whilst no conclusions can be drawn from one year's figures, it
would not be out of place to expect an increase in female lung cancer cases to occur
about this time, on the basis of a 15 to 20 year incubation period, and following the
wartime and post-war increase in cigarette smoking in women.
Coronary Disease with Angina
| Ages | 25- | 45 - | 65 - | 75 - | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 1955 | 9 | 1 | 78 | 20 | 70 | 47 | 52 | 79 | 209 | 147 |
| 1956 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 23 | 62 | 51 | 80 | 75 | 218 | 151 |
| 1957 | 10 | 2 | 78 | 25 | 50 | 49 | 70 | 95 | 208 | 171 |
| 1958 | 7 | 1 | 71 | 21 | 68 | 74 | 66 | 88 | 212 | 184 |
| 1959 | 9 | - | 97 | 22 | 74 | 62 | 57 | 89 | 237 | 173 |
| 1960 | 13 | - | 106 | 27 | 91 | 47 | 66 | 89 | 276 | 163 |
| 1961 | 14 | - | 103 | 17 | 60 | 58 | 64 | 87 | 241 | 162 |
| 1962 | 8 | 1 | 100 | 27 | 80 | 55 | 80 | 103 | 268 | 186 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3 | 86 | 36 | 70 | 63 | 84 | 112 | 248 | 214 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3 | 111 | 30 | 72 | 69 | 83 | 112 | 273 | 214 |
| Totals | 89 | 13 | 902 | 248 | 697 | 575 | 702 | 92 9 | 2390 | 1765 |
Deaths in males due to coronary disease have been relatively steady over the
past five years, although the 45-65 age group contained the highest number on record
in this group. In females the record number of coronary deaths which occurred in
1963 was repeated in 1964. The incidence in the different age groups was much the
same.