[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 10

Lewisham 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Causes of death		Nett deaths at the subjoined age of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough
		MALES									Total Persone (i.e., incl. table opp.
		All ages	Under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	IS and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over
			Totals, all causes	1364	40	9	5	14	70	353		371	502	2580
		1	Tuberculosis, respiratory	22	-	-	-	-	6	11		3	2	35
		2	Tuberculosis, other	6	-	1	1	2	2	—		—	—	7
3	Syphilitic diseases	6	-	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	9
4	Diphtheria	—	-	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-
5	Whooping cough	—	-	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-
6	Meningococcal infections	—	-	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-
7	Acute poliomyelitis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	—	—	-
8	Measles	1	-	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
9	Other infective and parasitic diseases	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	—	4
10	Malignant neoplasm, stomach	45	-	-	-	-	1	14	19	11	75
11	Malignant neoplasm, lung and bronchus	77	-	-	-	-	4	39	25	9	86
12	Malignant neoplasm, breast	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	—	1	66
13	Malignant neoplasm, uterus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	—	—	21
14	Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms	117	-	-	-	2	9	39	29	38	226
15	Leukaemia, aleukaemia	5	-	1	—	—	—	—	3	1	10
16	Diabetes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	—	1	21
17	Vascular lesions of nervous system	132	-	-	-	1	2	24	39	66	299
18	Coronary disease, angina	212	-	—	—	—	7	72	68	65	327
19	Hypertension with heart disease	28	-	-	-	-	1	4	12	11	55
20	Other heart disease	214	1	—	—	1	6	35	41	130	482
21	Other circulatory disease	43	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	16	86
22	Influenza	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	10
23	Pneumonia	56	2	2	—	—	—	7	15	30	103
24	Bronchitis	137	—	2	—	—	—	34	50	51	203
25	Other diseases of respiratory system	19	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	7	42
26	Ulcers of stomach and duodenum	24	-	-	-	-	-	16	6	2	30
27	Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	—	1	8
28	Nephritis and nephrosis	10	—	—	—	1	5	3	1	-	19
29	Hyperplasia of prostate	19	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	14	19
30	Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 28
31	Congenital malformations	13	10	—	—	1	1	—	1	-	28
32	Other defined and illdefined diseases	114	26	2	3	1	10	18	21	33	227
33	Motor vehicle accidents	18	—	—	1	4	7	—	5	6	39
34	All other accidents	21	—	—	—	—	6	4	5	2	15
35	Suicide	10	—	—	—	—	2	5	1	-	3
36	Homicide and operations
	of war	2	—	—	—	1	-	1	-	-	3
* The maternal death, code 30, was of a case where the interval