Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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HEART DISEASE
The percentage of cardiovascular and atherosclerotic disease as a group has not
varied much during the past ten years as table 2 shows. This group of deaths,
taken as a single cause, rank above any other single cause of death among the population.
Table 2
HEART AND CIRCULATION MORTALITY
Year (a) | Deaths from | Total heart & circulation (all ages) (e) | Age group 45-65 | Total - deaths in borough (h) | Percentage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coronary diseases (b) | Other heart diseases (c) | Other circulatory diseases (d) | Total (f) | Coronary diseases (g) | (e) (h) (i) | of(f) of (h) (j) | (g)of (h) (k) | |||
1959 | 599 | 485 | 155 | 1,239 | 215 | 142 | 3,448 | 36 | 6.2 | 4.1 |
1960 | 496 | 423 | 147 | 1,066 | 212 | 143 | 3,280 | 32 | 6.5 | 4.3 |
1961 | 609 | 516 | 153 | 1,278 | 236 | 162 | 3,380 | 38 | 7.0 | 4.8 |
1962 | 657 | 417 | 145 | 1,219 | 256 | 181 | 3,376 | 36 | 7.6 | 5.4 |
1963 | 707 | 400 | 142 | 1,249 | 245 | 174 | 3,404 | 37 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
1964 | 654 | 301 | 142 | 1,097 | 235 | 166 | 3,317 | 33 | 7.1 | 5.0 |
1965 | 740 | 304 | 150 | 1,194 | 268 | 206 | 3,436 | 35 | 7.8 | 6.0 |
1966 | 731 | 303 | 135 | 1,169 | 257 | 188 | 3,406 | 34 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
1967 | 750 | 246 | 158 | 1,154 | 262 | 201 | 3,340 | 35 | 7.8 | 6.0 |
1968 | 827 | 234 | 148 | 1,209 | 250 | 190 | 3,433 | 35 | 7.3 | 5.6 |
LUNG CANCER
The Health Education team continued with all the methods at their disposal to
discourage cigarette smoking, but it is an uphill battle which will go on without
let-up until lung cancer ceases to be of any significance as a cause of death.
Table 3 LUNG CANCER
Year | All cancer deaths | MALE | FEMALE | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lung cancer deaths | (c)as % of(b) | All cancer deaths | Lung cancer deaths | (f)as % of(e) | ||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) |
1959 | 401 | 167 | 42 | 314 | 28 | 9 |
1960 | 412 | 189 | 46 | 323 | 22 | 7 |
1961 | 373 | 157 | 42 | 276 | 19 | 7 |
1962 | 408 | 186 | 46 | 286 | 24 | 8 |
1963 | 351 | 163 | 46 | 296 | 27 | 9 |
1964 | 422 | 201 | 48 | 304 | 34 | 11 |
1965 | 428 | 204 | 48 | 313 | 31 | 10 |
1966 | 403 | 169 | 42 | 308 | 36 | 12 |
1967 | 435 | 196 | 45 | 328 | 42 | 13 |
1968 | 390 | 171 | 44 | 301 | 43 | 14 |