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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Causes of, and ages at, death (corrected) during the year, 1944. Mortality 17.56 (16.87)
| Causes of death | Ages—Both Sexes | Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards | M. | F. | ||
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid | _ | ||||||||
| 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | — | - | - | - | - | |||
| 4. Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | - | — | - | 3 | — | ||
| 5. Diphtheria | 43 | 63 | 48 | 13 | 81 | ||||
| 6. Tuberculosis, respiratory system | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 7. Other Tuberculosis | 4 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 9. Influenza | -_ | ||||||||
| 10. Measles | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 11. Ac. Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | ||||||||
| 12. Ac. Infectious Encephalitis (Lethargic) | — | — | — | i | |||||
| 13. Cancer, Buccal Cavity and | Oesophagus (M.) | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 18 |
| Uterus (F.) | - | - | 3 | 21 | 37 | 40 | 21 | ||
| 14. Cancer, Stomach and Duodenum | 1 | 22 | 21 | — | 44 | ||||
| 15. Cancer, Breast | l 3 | 81 | 134 | 130 | 99 | ||||
| 16. Cancer, all other sites | l | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 17. Diabetes | 1 | 4 | 52 | 164 | 85 | 136 | |||
| 18. Cerebral Vascular Lesions | 22 | 119 | 576 | 360 | 357 | ||||
| 19. Heart Disease | - | - | - | 22 | 119 | 576 | 360 | 357 | |
| 1 | 24 | 68 | 42 | 51 | |||||
| 21. Bronchitis | 9 | 4 | — | 7 | 53 | 108 | 125 | 56 | |
| 22. Pneumonia | 34 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 71 | 95 | 58 | |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | 4 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 11 | |
| 24. Ulcer, Stomach and Duodenum | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | 19 | 33 | 6 | |
| 25. Diarrhoea(under 2 years) | 31 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | |||
| colspan="2">26. Appendicitis | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 27. Other Digestive diseases | 6 | 1 | — | 7 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 24 | |
| 28. Nephritis | — | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 22 | |
| 29. Puerperal and Post abortive sepsis | — | — | — | 5 | — | _ | 5 | ||
| 30. Other Maternal Causes | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 31. permature birth | 49 | — | — | 33 | 16 | ||||
| 32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile diseases | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | |
| 33 suicide | — | _ | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 34.Road Traffic Accidents | _ | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 35. Other Violent Causes | 8 | 11 | 30 | 123 | 131 | 109 | 188 | 224 | |
| 36. All other causes | — | 1 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 93 | 87 | 73 | |
| Total All Causes | 171 | 32 | 51 | .327 | 740 | 1,542 | 1,515 | 1,348 | |
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