London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| CAUSES OP 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 upwords | MALE | FEMALE | |||
| 1. | Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | • | - | _ | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other | M | - | _ | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| F | - | - | - | _ | _ | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| 3 | Syphilitic disease | M | - | . | _ | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | _ | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | ||
| 4 | Diphtheria | M | - | _ | . | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 5. | Whooping Cough | M | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 6 | Meningococcal, Infection | M | 1 | . | . | _ | - | _ | _ | - | 1 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | _ | . | _ | _ | |||
| 7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | M | - | 1 | . | 1 | . | _ | _ | _ | 2 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| 8 | Measles | M | _ | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | 1 | ||
| 9 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | . | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| 10 | Malignant Neoplasm,stomach | 14 | _ | _ | - | - | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 39 | - |
| F | - | - | . | - | - | 9 | 11 | 12 | - | 32 | ||
| 11 | Malignant Neopl asm. Lung Bronchus | M | - | - | _ | . | 3 | 59 | 21 | 10 | 93 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 5 | - | 20 | ||
| 12. | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | . | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | - | _ | - | _ | 2 | 17 | 8 | - | ||||
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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 | |||
| 13. | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm | M | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 36 | 109 | 115 |
| F | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | 34 | 31 | 40 | - | 115 | ||
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - |
| F | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| 16. | Diabetes | M | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 24 | 38 | 52 | 117 | |
| F | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 24 | 38 | 95 | 161 | |||
| 18. | Coronary Disease, angina | M | - | _ | - | _ | 7 | 70 | 56 | 64 | 197 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 32 | 63 | - | 125 | ||
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | M | _ | - | _ | - | - | 2 | 13 | 6 | 21 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 18 | - | 28 | ||
| 20. | Other heart diseases | M | - | - | - | _ | 3 | 25 | 35 | 72 | 135 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 25 | 118 | - | 162 | ||
| 21. | Other oirculatoiy diseases | M | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 51 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 79 | |||
| 22. | Influenza | M | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 23. | Pneumonia | M | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 15 | 22 | 39 | 82 | - |
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 64 | |||