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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I
DEATHS
| CAUSES OF DEATHS | SEX | ALL AGES | AGE GROUPS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75 | ||||
| ALL CAUSES | M | 377 | 18 | _ | 2 | 4 | 14 | 123 | 109 | 107 | |
| F. | 288 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 60 | 63 | 135 | ||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | ||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4. Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 6. Meningococcal infection | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8. Measl es | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 15 | - | |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 18 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 31 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | |
| F | 30 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 16. Diabetes | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 30 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |
| F | 34 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 59 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |
| F | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 24 | ||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 20. Other heart disease | M | 29 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 20 | |
| F | 30 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | ||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | M | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| F | 27 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 19 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 22. Influenza | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 27 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |
| F | 19 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 14 | ||
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 41 | - | - | -. | - | - | 16 | 17 | 8 | |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 31. Congenital malformations | M | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| F | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 32. Other defined and ill defined diseases | M | 27 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| F | 27 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | M | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 1 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 34. All other accidents | M | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | ||
| 35. Suicide | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | _ | |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | ||
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||