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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DEATHS-45 years and over and Totals
| Ages:- | 45 - | 55- | 65- | 75- | Disease Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | All Ages | ||||
| Cause of Death | 1963 | 1962 | ||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Tuberculosis - other forms | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Syphilitic Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | ||||||||||||
| Meningococcal Infections | ||||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 11 | |
| Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 6 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 11 | 52 | 11 |
| Malignant neoplasm breast | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||||||
| Malignant neoplasm uterus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | ||||||
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 47 | 62 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukemia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 47 | 69 | 48 | 58 |
| Coronarv disease, angina | 16 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 42 | 26 | 33 | 46 | 124 | 82 | 111 | 75 |
| Hypertension with Heart disease | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 14 | |
| Other Heart Disease | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 81 | 74 | 103 | 89 | 128 |
| Other Circulatory disease | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 43 | 33 | 28 |