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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
Lambeth 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR. 1941 Mortality 20.83 (19.72)
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGES - BOTH SEXES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Totals | |||
| M | F | ||||||||
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | 4 | |
| 3. Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whopping Cough | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 6. Tuberculosis, Resp. Syst. | - | - | 2 | 115 | 75 | 11 | 126 | 77 | |
| 7. Other Tuberculosis | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | _ | - | - | 6 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 11 | |
| 9. Influenza | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 19 | |
| 10. Measles | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | |
| 11 . Ac. Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 12, Ac. Infectious Encephalitis (Lethargic) | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | |
| 13.Cancer, Buccal Cavity and) Oesophagus (M) ) Uterus (F) ) | - | - | - | 3 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 34 | |
| 14. Cancer, Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | 2 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 25 | |
| 15. Cancer, Breast | - | - | - | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 31 | |
| 16. Cancer, All other sites | - | 1 | 1 | 16 | 99 | 124 | 145 | 96 | |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |
| 18. Corobral Vascular Lesions | - | - | - | 3 | 55 | 146 | 86 | 118 | |
| 19. Heart diseases | - | - | - | 29 | 146 | 657 | 400 | 432 | |
| 20. Other Circulatory diseases | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 57 | 36 | 33 | |
| 21. Bronchitis | 3 | - | - | 8 | 69 | 152 | 141 | 93 | |
| 22. Pneumonia | 18 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 39 | 87 | 87 | 81 | |
| 23. Other Respiratory disoases | 1 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 6 | |
| 24. Ulcer, Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | 9 | 21 | 16 | 36 | 10 | |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
| 27. Other Digestive diseases | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 20 | 35 | 27 | 38 | |
| 28. Nophritis | - | - | - | 12 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 30 | |
| 29. Puorporal and Post Abortive Sepsis | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 30. Other Maternal Causes | - | - | - | 4 | - | - ' | - | 4 | |
| 31. Premature Birth | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | |
| 32. Congenital Halfornations, Birth Injury, Infantilo diseases | 24 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 16 | |
| 33. Suicide | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | |
| 34. Road-Traffic Accidents | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | |
| 35. Other Violent Causes | 8 | 15 | 23 | 198 | 142 | 78 | 264 | 200 | |
| 36. All other causes | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 61 | 132 | 127 | 105 | |
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