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Lewisham 1963

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

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Table: The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows:—Table 4

The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows:—

Table 4

Code No.Cause of deathMaleFemale
1IIIllIVVTotal1IIIllIVVTotol
1Tuberculosis, respiratory—111——12——3——3
2Tuberculosis, other forms————————————
3Syphilitic disease————————————
4Diphtheria————————————
5Whooping cough————————————
6Meningococcal infections————————————
7Acute poliomyelitis————————————
8Measles————————————
9Other infective and parasitic diseases——32—5——————
10Malignant neoplasm, stomach—6197537—4184228
11Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus12267247121—217—120
12Malignant neoplasm, breast——————315295153
13Malignant neoplasm, uterus———————192113
14Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms218591741003254415895
15Leukaemia, aleukaemia1336—13—251—8
16Diabetes1112—5—261—9
17Vascular lesions of nervous system429871813151935902714175
18Coronary disease, angina1241163332227152792279160
19Hypertension with heart disease—6184—28192815457
20Other heart disease5227816151365311083215191
21Other circulatory disease26297—44—6257240
22Influenza——21—3——2114
23Pneumonia2848171792—2652178103
24Bronchitis12573211913917297751
25Other diseases of respiratory system——5218—33——6
26Ulcer of stomach and duodenum1—3138——52—7
27Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa——1——1———1—1
28Nephritis and nephrosis—312131913104220
29Hyperplasia of prostate—211——13——————
30Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion————————2——2
31Congenital malformations1483—16226—111
32Other defined and ill defined diseases5944111704163910271
33Motor vehicle accidents1—72111—143—8
34All other accidents—3102116—510—217
35Suicides—31214202592119
36Homicide and operations of war——1—12——————
Totals39212775198117134136227645183811172
Percentage31658IS810031955167100
No social class assessed—————26—————100

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There are various discrepancies between the above table and table 2,
owing to different methods of assessment, and for comparative purposes
therefore it is safer to group the causes of death which are linked
together. Thus code numbers 10 to 15 may be regarded as all different
kinds of cancer, while numbers 17 to 21 are all diseases of the heart and
circulation. Similarly 22 to 25 are best grouped together.