[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 6

Lewisham 1963

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

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Causes of death at different periods

Table: Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1963The following table shows the causes and ages at death during the calender year 1963:-

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Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1963

The following table shows the causes and ages at death during the calender year 1963:-

Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough
		MALES									Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)
		All ages	Under 1 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 persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)
			Totals all causes	1272	32	4	4	4	35	203	297	693	2639
1	Tuberculosis, respiratory	12	—	—	—	—	1	4	2	5	15
2	Tuberculosis, other forms	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Syphilitic diseases	6	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	7
4	Diphtheria	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Whooping cough	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Meningococcal infections	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Acute poliomyelitis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Measles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Other infective and parasitic diseases	5	1	—	1	—_	—	1	1	1	5
10	Malignant neoplasms, stomach	38	—	—	—	—	2	15	15	6	64
11	Malignant neoplasms, lung and bronchus	117	—	—	—	—	4	51	45	17	139
12	Malignant neoplasms, breast	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53
13	Malignant neoplasms, uterus	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17
14	Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms	103	—	—	—	—_	6	27	30	40	201
15	Leukaemia, aleukaemia	8	—	—	2	—	—	2	1	3	16
16	Diabetes	6	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	1	16
17	Vascular lesions of nervous system	138	—	—_	—_	1	3	26	31	77	346
18	Coronary disease, angina	330	—	—	—	—	10	106	113	101	557
19	Hypertension with heart disease	18	—	—	—	—	2	3	2	11	49
20	Other heart disease	100	—	—	—	1	3	19	24	53	260
21	Other circulatory disease	46	—	—	—	—	2	11	10	23	113
22	Influenza	3	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	7
23	Pneumonia	92	4	2	—	1	—	15	16	54	182
24	Bronchitis	139	3	—	—	1	1	39	32	63	190
25	Other diseases of respiratory system	9	1	—	—	—	—	1	2	5	22
26	Ulcers of stomach and duodenum	8	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	3	15
27	Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa	7	2	1	—	—	1	1	1	1	19
28	Nephritis and nephrosis	10	—	—	—	1	1	5	2	1	17
29	Hyperplasia of prostate	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	11	14
30	Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
31	Congenital malformations	19	18	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	35
32	Other defined and ill defined causes	91	30	2	1	1	4	13	8	32	182
33	Motor vehicle accidents	11	—	—	3	2	2	2	—	2	19
34	All other accidents	15	—	—	3	1	1	4	3	3	35
35	Suicides	20	—	—	—	1	6	7	4	2	40
36	Homicide and operations of war	2	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2

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Table: Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1963The following table shows the causes and ages at death during the calender year 1963:-