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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
Poplar 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| CAUSES OF DEATHS | SEX | ALL AGES | AGE GROUPS | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - | 1 - | 5 - | 15 - | 25 - | 45 - | 65 - | 75 - | ||||||||||
| ALL CAUSES | M | 400 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 135 | 120 | 105 | |||||||
| F | 316 | 13 | 2 | - | 1 | 16 | 70 | 80 | 134 | ||||||||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 11 | – | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | – | |||||||
| F | 2 | – | – | _ | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||||||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | – | – | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| F | – | – | – | _ | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | 3 | – | - | - | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 1 | – | - | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | _ | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| F | – | – | – | _ | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal infection | M | 1 | 1 | – | _ | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| F | – | – | – | - | – | - | – | - | – | ||||||||
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | M | -– | – | – | - | - | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| F | -– | -– | – | - | - | - | – | – | - | ||||||||
| 8. Measles | M | -– | -– | – | - | - | - | – | – | - | |||||||
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | F | – | – | – | - | - | - | – | - | - | |||||||
| M | 1 | – | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||
| F | -– | – | - | - | - | - | - | – | – | ||||||||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm stomach | M | 16 | – | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | - | |||||||
| F | 11 | – | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 32 | – | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | 11 | 3 | |||||||
| F | 10 | – | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | 1 | – | - | - | - | - | 1 | – | – | |||||||
| F | 13 | – | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F | 7 | – | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 47 | – | – | _ | – | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | |||||||
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | F | 36 | – | - | - | - | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | |||||||
| M | 2 | – | - | - | - | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||
| F | 2 | – | - | - | – | - | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||
| 16. Diabetes | M | – | – | - | - | - | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| F | 3 | – | - | - | – | 3 | – | – | |||||||||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 30 | – | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | 11 | |||||||
| F | 43 | – | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | ||||||||
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 61 | – | - | - | - | 1 | 27 | 17 | 16 | |||||||
| F | 32 | – | – | — | 6 | 11 | 15 | ||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| F | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||
| F | – | - | - | – | _ | - | – | - | |||||||||
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | – | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| F | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 42 | — | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 18 | 12 | |||||||
| F | 16 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 6 | – | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| F | 5 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | – | 4 | ||||||||
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 11 | — | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| F | 5 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea. | M | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | – | 1 | |||||||
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 2 | |||||||
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | M | 8 | — | - | - | - | - | – | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | F | – | - | - | - | - | - | – | – | – | |||||||
| 31. Congenital malformations | M | 8 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | – | – | |||||||
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | _ | _ | – | ||||||||
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 33 | 12 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | |||||||
| F | 35 | 11 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | M | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | – | 1 | – | - | |||||||
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | – | -– | _ | - | – | ||||||||
| 34. All other accidents | M | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | – | 2 | 1 | _ | ||||||||
| F | 2 | - | - | - | – | – | – | - | 2 | ||||||||
| 35. Suicide | M | 2 | - | - | - | – | – | 2 | _ | – | |||||||
| F | 2 | - | - | - | – | 1 | 1 | _ | - | ||||||||
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | -– | - | - | - | - | – | - | - | - | |||||||
| F | – | – | - | - | - | – | - | - | - | ||||||||