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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :—
Table 7
| Code No. | Cause of death | Male | Female | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | II | Ill | IV | V | Total | 1 | II | Ill | IV | V | Total | ||
| 1 | Tuberculosis, respiratory | _ | 5 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 2 | Tuberculosis, other | _ | _ | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | _ | — | _ | __ | 2 | |
| 3 | Syphilitic disease | _ | 2 | _ | —_ | 1 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | |
| 4 | Diphtheria | — | — | —_ | _ | — | —_ | _ | —_ | —_ | —_ | —_ | — |
| S | Whooping cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 2 | —_ | _ | 2 |
| 6 | Meningococcal infections | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | —_ | —_ | —_ | _ | _ |
| 7 | Acute poliomyelitis | _ | — | —_ | —_ | —_ | _ | _ | __ | _ | —_ | _ | _ |
| 8 | Measles | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 9 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| 10 | Malignant neoplasm, stomach . | _ | 1 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 31 | _ | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 1 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 63 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 47 |
| 13 | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 5 | 24 | 76 | 25 | 8 | 138 | 3 | 19 | 70 | 19 | 14 | 125 |
| 15 | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | 11 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| 16 | Diabetes | _ | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | _ | 7 |
| 17 | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 4 | 18 | 47 | 10 | 13 | 92 | 5 | 33 | 101 | 24 | 14 | 177 |
| 18 | Coronary disease, angina | 7 | 34 | 97 | 17 | 8 | 163 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 11 | 10 | 96 |
| 19 | Hypertension with heart disease | _ | 7 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 63 |
| 20 | Other heart disease | 5 | 25 | 80 | 23 | 20 | 153 | 7 | 45 | 127 | 30 | 17 | 226 |
| 21 | Other circulatory disease | 1 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| 22 | Influenza | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 1 | _ | 15 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| 23 | Pneumonia | 1 | 10 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 11 | 11 | 77 |
| 24 | Bronchitis | 2 | 20 | 93 | 18 | 22 | 155 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 59 |
| 25 | Other diseases of respiratory system | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 26 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | — | — | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | 10 |
| 27 | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 28 | Nephritis and nephrosis | — | 2 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |
| 29 | Hyerplasia of prostate | 1 | 2 | 12 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 30 | Pergnancy, childbirth abortion | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | Congenital malformations | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| 32 | Other defined and illdefined diseases | 2 | 21 | 61 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 68 | 5 | 119 | ||
| Motor vehicle accidents | _ | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | — | —_ | 4 | _ | 1 | 5 | |
| 34 | All other accidpnfe | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 21 | |
| 35 | Suicide. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 7 |
| 36 | Homicideand and operations of war | - | - | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| No social class assessed | - | — | — | — | — | 13 | - | — | — | — | — | 73 | |