London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS
| Causes of Death | Total Deaths 1948 | Total Deaths 1949 | Age Groups:—1949 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 45— | 65— | ||||
| All Causes | Males | 664 | 703 | ||||||
| Females | 550 | 558 | |||||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | |||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | – | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | |||||||
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | – | |||||||
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 81 | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 | ||||
| Tuberculosis—other forms | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | |||
| Syphilitic Disease | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Influenza | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Measles | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Acute Infectious Encephalitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Cancer of Buccal Cavity and (Esophagus (Males) and Uterus (Females) | 21 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 35 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| Cancer of Breast | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Cancer of all other sites | 144 | 154 | 12 | 47 | 95 | ||||
| Diabetes | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions | 105 | 110 | 1 | 24 | 85 | ||||