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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 1941
[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 1941
| List No. | 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 Age | ||
| 1. | Tvphoid and Paratyphoid | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| 2. | Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5. | Scarlet fever | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 4, | Whooping cough | 3 | 6 | . | . | . | . | 9 |
| 5. | Diphetheria | . | 3 | 5 | . | . | . | 8 |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | . | 1 | . | 82 38 | 16 | 137 | |
| 7. | Other Tuberculosis | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | |
| 8. | Syphilitic Diseases | . | . | . | 14 | 2 | 19 | |
| 9. | Influenza | 2 | . | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| 10. | Measles | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| 11. | Ac. Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | • | 2 | 1 | 1 | • | . | 4 |
| 12. | Ac. Infectious Encephalitis (Lethargic) | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | |
| 13. | Cancer, Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus | . | . | . | . | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 14. | Cancer, Stomach and Duodenum | . | . | . | 3 | 24 | 30 | 57 |
| 15. | Cancer, Breast | . | . | . | 5 | 15 | 8 | 28 |
| 16. | Cancer, all other sites | . | 1 | 1 | 8 | 86 | 89 | 185 |
| 17. | Diabetes | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 18. | Cerebral Vascular Lesions | . | . | . | 2 | 46 | 111 | 159 |
| 19. | Heart Diseases | • | . | . | 12 | 93 | 334 | 489 |
| 20. | Other Circulatory Diseases | . | . | . | 1 | 13 | 39 | 53 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 32 | 100 | 135 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 14 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 90 |
| 23. | Other Respiratory Diseases | . | 1 | . | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 |
| 24. | Ulcer, Stomach and Duodenum | . | . | . | 6 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | |
| 26. | Appendicitis | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 27 . | Other Digestive Diseases | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 12 | 18 | 35 |
| 28. | Nephritis | . | . | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 50 |
| 29. | Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis | . | . | . | 2 | • | . | 2 |
| 30. | Other Maternal Causes | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | |
| 31. | Premature birth | 14 | . | . | . | . | 14 | |
| 32. | Congenital informations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases. | 12 | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | 19 |
| 33. | Suicide | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 34. | Road Traffic Accidents | . | . | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 35. | Other Violent Causes | 3 | 13 | 13 | 114 | 65 | 46 | 254 |
| 36. | All other causes | . | 2 | 1 | 27 | 32 | 134 | 196 |
| TOTALS ALL CAUSES | 54 | 44 | 39 | 324 | 564 | 1103 | 2128 | |