[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 8

Lewisham 1961

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

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Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of " residents " whether occurring within or without the borough
		MALES									Total perrson (i.e include table opp.)
		All ages	Under I yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total perrson (i.e include table opp.)
	Totals, all causes	1333	39	7	4	12	49	348	364	510	2586
1	Tuberculosis, respiratory	16	-	_	—	—	2	6	4	4	18
2	Tuberculosis, other forms	1	-	—	—	—	-	1	—	—	1
3	Syphilitic diseases	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4
4	Diphtheria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
5	Whooping cough	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-—
6	Meningococcal infections.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
7	Acute poliomyelitis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	—-
8	Measles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
9	Other infective and parasitic diseases	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7
10	Malignant neoplasms, stomach	42	-	-	-	-	2	19	12	9	69
11	Malignant neoplasms, lung and bronchus	119	-	-	-	-	4	58	40	17	134
12	Malignant neoplasms, breast	—	-	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46
13	Malignant neoplasms, uterus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
14	Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms	104	-	-	-	1	6	33	33	31	208
15	Leukaemia, aleukaemia	6	-	1	—	—	3	1	—	1	10
16	Diabetes	4	-	—	—	—	1	—	1	2	26
17	Vascular lesions of nervous system	140	-	-	_	_	2	21	47	70	317
18	Coronary disease, angina	284	—	-	—	—	7	98	91	88	492
19	Hypertension with heart disease	18	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	8	49
20	Other heart disease	118	—	-	—	—	2	15	13	88	330
21	Other circulatory disease	51	-	-	-	-	-	7	17	27	123
22	Influenza	12	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	6	19
23	Pneumonia	74	8	-	—	—	1	10	10	45	142
24	Bronchitis	138	3	-	—	—	—	24	53	58	193
25	Other diseases of respiratory system	13	_	_	_	_	1	2	3	7	25
26	Ulcers of stomach and duodenum	19	-	-	-	-	2	6	5	6	29
27	Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6
28	Nephritis and nephrosis	8	—	-	-	—	1	3	—	4	17
29	Hyperplasia of prostate	11	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	7	11
30	Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
31	Congenital malformations	14	4	4	1	—	—	4	1	—	26
32	Other defined and ill defined causes	76	23	1	-	1	1	18	10	22	168
33	Motor vehicle accidents	18	-	1	1	5	6	1	2	2	29
34	All other accidents	22	1	-	1	4	3	3	3	7	38
35	Suicides	17	—	—	—	1	5	8	3	—	31
36	Homicide and operations of war	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2