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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 1961
[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 | 379 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 116 | 94 | 121 |
| F | 335 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 87 | 164 | |
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 8. Measles | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 16 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| F | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 8 | 5 |
| F | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 33 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 12 | 6 | 14 |
| F | 25 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | |
| 16. Diabetes | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | |