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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
Lewisham 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING- THE YEAR 1940.
| List No. Causes of Death. | Ages at Death | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | TOTALS All Ages. | |
| 1.Typhoid and Paratyphoid | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| 2.Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | |
| 3.Scarlet Fever | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 4.Whooping Cough | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 5.Diphtheria | . | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 6 |
| 6.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | . | . | 1 | 91 | 35 | 129 | |
| 7.Other Tuberculosis | . | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 8.Syphilitic Diseases | . | . | . | 8 | 19 | ||
| 9 . Influenza | . | 1 | . | 3 | 15 | 10 | 29 |
| 10.Measles | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| 11.Ac. Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| 12.Ac. Infectious Encephalitis (Lethargic) | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | 3 |
| 13.Cancer, Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus | . | . | . | . | 20 | 18 | 39 |
| 14.Cancer, Stomach and Duodenum | . | . | . | 5 | 25 | 35 | 65 |
| 15.Cancer, Breast | . | . | . | 2 | 16 | 14 | 32 |
| 16. Cancer, all other sites | . | 1 | 1 | 17 | 84 | 103 | 206 |
| 17. Diabetes | . | . | . | 3 | 14 | 20 | 37 |
| 18 Cerebral Vascular Lesions | . | . | . | 4 | 34 | 137 | 175 |
| 19 .Heart Diseases | . | . | 1 | 32 | 166 | 493 | 692 |
| 20.Other Circulatory Diseases | . | . | . | . | 15 | 67 | 82 |
| 21.Bronchitis | 1 | . | . | 1 | 49 | 152 | 203 |
| 22.Pneumonia | 21 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 54 | 114 |
| 23.Other Respiratory Diseases | . | 1 | . | 4 | 17 | 14 | 36 |
| 24. Ulcer, Stomach and Duodenum | . | . | . | 8 | 21 | 12 | 41 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 20 | 1 | . | . | . | 21 | |
| 26.Appendicitis | . | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 27.Other Digestive Diseases | . | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 46 |
| 28.Nephritis | . | . | 1 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 60 |
| 29.Puerperal and Post Abortive | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| 30.Other Maternal Causes | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 |
| 31.Premature Birth | 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 29 |
| 32.Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases, | 33 | 1 | . | 4 | . | . | 38 |
| 33.Suicide | . | . | * | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 34.Road Traffic Accidents | . | . | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 35.Other Violent Causes | 9 | 17 | 44 | 187 | 134 | 99 | 490 |
| 36.All other causes | 4 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 42 | 148 | 234 |
| TOTALS ALL CAUSES. ■ | 119 | 31 | 71 | 451 | 777 | 1449 | 2898 |
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