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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS
| Causes of Death | Total Deaths 1956 | Total Deaths 1957 | Age Groups 1957:— | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes—Males, Females | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | ||
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 21 | 14 | _ | _ | — | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis—other forms | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Syphilitic Disease | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infections | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Infective and Parasitic diseases | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | 34 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 9 | 8 |
| " " lung, bronchus | 61 | 60 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 9 |
| " " breast | 18 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| " " uterus | 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 113 | 96 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 25 | 38 | 26 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukemia | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Diabetes | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 129 | 84 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 26 | 46 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 148 | 148 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 38 | 50 | 56 |