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 AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE
DURING THE YEAR 1942.
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 & Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | 1 | |||||
2. | Corebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
3. | Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||
4. | Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
5. | Diphtheric. | 1 | 1 | |||||
6. | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 68 | 42 | 8 | 118 | |||
7. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
8. | Syphilitic Diseases | 2 | 15 | 6 | 23 | |||
9. | Influenza | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
10. | Measles | — | ||||||
11. | Ac. Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
12. | Ac. Infectious Encephalitis (Lethargic) | - | ||||||
13. | Cancer, Buccal Cavity & Oesophagus | 1 | 13 | 16 | 30 | |||
14. | Cancer, Stomach & Duodenum | 3 | 17 | 30 | 50 | |||
15. | Cancer, Breast | 2 | 18 | 9 | 29 | |||
16. | Cancer, all other sites | - | 16 | 69 | 117 | 202 | ||
17. | Diabetes | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 20 | ||
18. | Vascular Lesions | 1 | 4 | 39 | 123 | 167 | ||
19. | Heart diseases | 3 | 26 | 99 | 370 | 498 | ||
20. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 2 | 14 | 29 | 45 | |||
21. | Bronchitis | 5 | 3 | 31 | 79 | 118 | ||
22. | Pneumonia | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 90 |
23. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |
24. | Ulcer, Stomach & Duodenum | 2 | 14 | 10 | 26 | |||
25. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||
26. | Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 53 | |
28. | Nephritis | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 36 | ||
29. | Puerperal & Post Abortive Sepsis | 4 | 4 | |||||
30. | Other Maternal Causes | 5 | 5 | |||||
31. | Premature Birth | 26 | 23 | |||||
32. | Congenital Malfomations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases | 23 | 1 | 1 | 25 | |||
33. | Suicide | 1 | 13 | 1 | 15 | |||
34. | Road Traffic Accidents | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||
35. | Other Violent Causes | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 69 |
36. | All other causes | 2 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 33 | 144 | 221 |
TOTAL ALL CAUSES | 103 | 21 | 19 | 216 | 497 | 1099 | 1955 |