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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
Paddington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DEATHS
In the following table the deaths are classified according to the Abridged List of the International Manual of Causes of Death.
| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | 0— | 1 — | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL Causes | M. | 664 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 209 | 182 | 185 |
| F. | 671 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 122 | 172 | 301 | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilitic diseases | M. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Diphtheria | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal infections | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Malignant neoplasm of stomach | M. | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| F. | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 7 | |
| Malignant neoplasm of lung, bronchus | M | 62 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 32 | 18 | 10 |
| F. | 16 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Malignant neoplasm of breast | M | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| F. | 23 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm of uterus | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M. | 68 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 |
| F. | 72 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 26 | 23 | 21 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M. | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| F. | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 17 | 25 |
| F. | 90 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 22 | 52 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M. | 147 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 56 | 46 | 36 |
| F. | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 37 | 54 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| F. | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 7 |