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 1956
[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 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2- Tuberculosis, other | M | ||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 3, Syphilitic disease | M | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| F | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4- Diphtheria | M | ||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 5, Whooping Cough | M | 1 | |||||||||
| F | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal, infection | M | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 7, Acute Poliomyelitis | M | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 8. Measles | M | ||||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 9, Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10- Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 6 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 24 | ||||
| F | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm, Lung Bronchus | M | 5 | 60 | 30 | 10 | 105 | 19 | ||||
| F | 9 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | 36 | |||||||||
| F | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | |||||||
| 13, Malignant Neoplasm, uterus | F | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 22 | |||||
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm | M | 1 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 30 | 121 | 113 | |||
| F | 1 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 34 | ||||||
| 15, Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| F | 1 | ||||||||||
| 16. Diabetes | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| F | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 1 | 5 | 20 | 36 | 41 | 103 | 179 | |||
| F | 4 | 27 | 50 | 98 | |||||||
| 18- Coronary Disease, angina | M | 7 | 58 | 85 | 57 | 207 | 112 | ||||
| F | 13 | 36 | 63 | ||||||||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | 2 | 9 | 18 | 29 | ||||||
| F | 6 | 16 | 29 | 51 | |||||||
| 20. Other heart diseases | M | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 66 | 114 | ||||
| F | 1 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 109 | 172 | |||||