London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1972
[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 the
table shows. This group of deaths, taken as a single cause, ranks above any other single cause of death among the
population.
HEART AND CIRCULATION MORTALITY
| Year | Deaths from | Total heart & circulation (all ages) | Age group 45-65 | Total deaths in borough | Percentage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronary diseases | Other heart diseases | Other circulatory diseases | Coronary diseases | Total all heart diseases | (e) of (g) of (f) of | |||||
| (h) | (h) | (h) | ||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) |
| 1963 | 707 | 400 | 142 | 1,249 | 174 | 245 | 3,404 | 37 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
| 1964 | 654 • | 301 | 142 | 1,097 | 166 | 235 | 3,317 | 33 | 7.1 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 740 | 304 | 150 | 1,194 | 206 | 268 | 3,436 | 35 | 7.8 | 6.0 |
| 1966 | 731 | 303 | 135 | 1,169 | 188 | 257 | 3,406 | 34 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 1967 | 750 | 246 | 158 | 1,154 | 201 | 262 | 3,340 | 35 | 7.8 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 827 | 234 | 148 | 1,209 | 190 | 250 | 3,433 | 35 | 7.3 | 5.6 |
| 1969 | 730 | 210 | 180 | 1,120 | 164 | 220 | 3,367 | 33 | 6.6 | 4.9 |
| 1970 | 777 | 208 | 143 | 1,128 | 191 | 232 | 3,428 | 33 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| 1971 | 790 | 225 | 155 | 1,170 | 182 | 224 | 3,331 | 35 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 1972 | 771 | 193 | 140 | 1,104 | 166 | 208 | 3,226 | 34 | 6.5 | 5.2 |