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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
Southwark 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | 0. | 1. | 2. | 5. | 15. | 25. | 35. | 45. | 55. | 65. | 75. | |
| All causes | 1812 | 116 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 47 | 51 | 88 | 180 | 316 | -160 | 492 |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2. Measles | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Diphtheria | 9 | – | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6. Influenza | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 122 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 1 |
| 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 11. Syphilis | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – |
| 12. Gen. Paralysis of Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | 238 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 69 | 82 | 36 |
| 14. Diabetes | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage etc. | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 13 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 599 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 84 | 185 | 286 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – |
| 18. Other Circulatory Diseases | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 34 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 54 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 |
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 129 | 23 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 27 | 25 |
| 21. Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. | 32 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 26. Other Diseases of Liver | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 30 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 58 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 13 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30. Other Puerperal Causes | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 31. Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth, etc | 41 | 39 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32. Senility | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 7 |
| 33. Suicide | 24 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 34. Other Violence | 43 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 35. Other Defined Diseases | 116 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 28 |
| 36. Causes (ill defined) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 1812 | 116 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 47 | 51 | 88 | 189 | 316 | 460 | 492 |