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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| 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 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 5 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 38 | |
| F | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 8 | ||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 | ||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | 9 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4. Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5. Whooping cough | M | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8. Measles | M | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 13 | 7 | 31 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm, Lung Bronchus | M | - | - | _ | _ | 4 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 73 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 | ||
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 | ||