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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING 1951 MORTALITY 12.86 (11.91)
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGES (both sexes) | TOTALS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 years | 75 and upwards | MALE | FEMALE | ||
| 1. Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | - | - | - | - | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 76 | |
| F | - | - | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| F | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | ||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 4. Diptheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | - | - | - | ~ | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | • | * | - | - | 2 | |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | M | - | _ | - | - | - | - | " | - | - | |
| F | 1 | - | * | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | " | - | - | |||||
| 8. Measles | M | - | 1 | * | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 9. Other infective and | M | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm. Stoma | M | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 53 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 33 | ||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm lung Bronchus | M | - | - | - | - | 5 | 55 | 29 | 8 | 97 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | l | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 6 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 59 | ||
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, Uterus | F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm | M | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | 47 | 46 | 36 | 139 | |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 36 | 28 | 36 | 107 | ||
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | - | - | - | - | _ | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | |
| F | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 16. Diabetes | M | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| F | • | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | - | - | - | _ | 2 | 20 | 45 | 50 | 117 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 25 | 57 | 76 | 160 | ||
| 18. Coronary Disease, angina | M | - | - | . | _ | 6 | 57 | 64 | 41 | 168 | |
| F | ~ | • | - | - | - | 21 | 51 | 54 | 126 | ||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 18 | 20 | 53 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 19 | 24 | 50 | ||
| 20. Other heart disease | M | - | - | - | _ | 9 | 25 | 46 | 123 | 20 3 | |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 24 | 55 | 223 | 311 | ||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | M | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 49 | 56 | |
| 22. Influenza | M | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 | |
| F | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 37 | ||
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 9 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 89 | |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 20 | 49 | 81 | ||
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 2 | _ | - | - | 4 | 55 | 57 | 46 | 164 | |
| F | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 27 | 65 | 107 | |||
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 1 | . | - | - | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | |
| F | • | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||