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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Causes of Death | Total Deaths 1955 | Total Deaths 1956 | Age Groups 1956:— | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes—Males, Females | 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— | ||
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 23 | 21 | _ | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis—other forms | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Syphilitic Disease | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infections | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Infective and Parasitic diseases | X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | 39 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| ,, ,, lung, bronchus | 57 | 61 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 31 | 22 | 6 |
| „ „ breast | 12 | 18 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| ,, ,, uterus | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 98 | 113 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 42 | 29 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukemia | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Diabetes | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 171 | 129 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 37 | 65 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 140 | 148 | — | — | — | 7 | 43 | 48 | 50 | |