Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Causes of Death. | Sex | All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 55 years | 55 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 years | 75 and upwards |
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M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
2. Measles | M | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | 9 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
3. Scarlet Fever | M | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
4. Whooping Cough | M | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
5. Diphtheria | M | 9 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
F | 17 | - | 3 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
6. Influenza | M | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | ||||
F | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | |||||
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory | M | 62 | - | - | - | 8 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | ||
F | 67 | - | - | - | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | - | ||||
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 9 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
F | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
11. Syphilis | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
12. General Paralysis of the Insane. Tabes Dorsalis | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | M | 157 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 49 | 25 | |
F | 190 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 34 | 52 | 55 | 32 | ||
14. Diabetes | M | 16 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 8 | - | |||
F | 20 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 5 | |||||
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | M | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | 10 | ||
F | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | |||
16. Heart Disease | M | 217 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 42 | 74 | 60 | |
F | 279 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 38 | 74 | 132 | ||||
17. Aneurysm | M | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | |
F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
18. Other Circulatory Diseases | M | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 26 | |
F | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 29 | |||
19. Bronchitis | M | 36 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 10 | 19 | |
F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 26 |