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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1 DEATHS
| CAUSES OF DEATHS | SEX | ALL AGES | AGE GROUPS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - | 1 - | 5 - | 15 - | 25 - | 45 - | 65 - | 75 - | |||
| ALL CAUSES | M | 408 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 124 | 120 | 126 |
| F | 358 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 67 | 88 | 161 | |
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | • | 1 | |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | . | - | - | - | - | - | • | - | - |
| F | _ | . | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | ~ | |
| 4. Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | " |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | • | • | ~ | — | |
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | 1 | 1 | - | • | • | ~ | — | " | |
| F | - | - | - | - | • | - | ~ | — | " | |
| 6. Meningococcal infection | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | • | • | ||
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | • | ~ | - | ~ | |
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | • | ||
| 8. Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | ~ | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | ~ | • | ~ | - | |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 1 | - | _ | _ | - | . | - | - | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ~ | ||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm stomach- | M | 20 | - | - | - | ~ | " | 7 | 13 | - |
| F | 7 | _ | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 33 | _ | - | - | 1 | 19 | 9 | 4 | |
| F | 5 | _ | _ | _ | - | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast . | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus . | F | 9 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 38 | _ | . | . | - | 1 | 13 | 15 | 9 |
| F | 39 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 13 | 11 | 10 | |
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | . | . | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 1 | . | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 16. Diabetes | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | " | • | ~ | - | " | |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| F | 48 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 70 | - | _ | - | - | 3 | 26 | 24 | 17 |
| F | 36 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| F | 5 | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | |||
| 20. Other heart disease | M | 25 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 |
| F | 37 | - | . | - | - | - | 8 | 16 | ||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | M | 26 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | ||
| F | 31 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
| 22. Influenza | M | 2 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | |
| F | 2 | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 31 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| F | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 50 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| F | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 9 | 19 | |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||||
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea. | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | " | ||||
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | M | - | - | - | - | " | ||||
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 31. Congenital malformations | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 28 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | |||
| F | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | M | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||||
| 34. All other accidents . | M | 12 | - | 1 | .. | 1 | . | |||
| F | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | |||||
| 35. Suicide | M | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | - | . | . | _ | _ | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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