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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH | Under 1 year | 1 - 4 years | 5 - 14 years | 15 - 24 years | 25 - 44 years | 45 - 64 years | 65 - 74 years | 75 years and over | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 2. Tuberculosis,, other | M | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | M | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| F | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal Infection | M | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 8. Measles | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm., Stomach | M | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 30 | ||||
| F | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | ||||||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm, Lung and Bronchus | M | 2 | 48 | 37 | 13 | 100 | ||||
| F | 12 | 9 | 4 | 25 | ||||||
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| CAUSES OF DEATH | Under 1 year | 1 - 4 years | 5 - 14 years | 15 - 24 years | 25 - 44 years | 45 - 64 years | 65 - 74 years | 75 years and over | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | |||||||||
| F | 4 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 55 | |||||
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | M | |||||||||
| F | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |||||
| 14. Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 1 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 104 | |||
| F | 2 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 103 | ||||
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| F | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 16. Diabetes | M | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| F | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||||||
| 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 4 | 28 | 31 | 42 | 105 | ||||
| F | 2 | 27 | 33 | 95 | 157 | |||||
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 9 | 100 | 83 | 62 | 254 | ||||
| F | 2 | 22 | 60 | 89 | 173 | |||||
| 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||||
| F | 3 | 3 | 19 | 25 | ||||||
| 20. Other Heart Disease | M | 6 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 91 | ||||
| F | 5 | 19 | 22 | 113 | 159 | |||||
| 21. Other Circulatory Disease | M | 1 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 53 | |||
| F | 2 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 53 | |||||
| 22. Influenza | M | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 25 | 40 | 91 | |
| F | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 78 | ||
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 1 | 2 | 52 | 46 | 40 | 141 | |||
| F | 1 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 48 | |||||